Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
कृष्णस्य दर्शने बुद्धिर्जायते यस्य देहिनः । वक्त्रावलोकनात्तस्य पापं याति सहस्रधा
kṛṣṇasya darśane buddhirjāyate yasya dehinaḥ | vaktrāvalokanāttasya pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā
สำหรับผู้มีร่างกายผู้ซึ่งปัญญาเกิดขึ้นเมื่อได้เห็นพระกฤษณะ เพียงได้ทอดพระพักตร์ บาปก็แตกสลายเป็นพันส่วนแล้วจากไป
Sūta (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee stands before Kṛṣṇa; the Lord’s face radiates; shards of darkness (sins) break apart like glass into a thousand fragments and scatter, while a lotus of wisdom blooms in the devotee’s forehead/heart.
FAQs
Divine darśana is transformative: seeing Kṛṣṇa awakens right understanding and powerfully destroys sin.
Implicitly Dvārakā/Kṛṣṇapurī, as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s presence and darśana in this Māhātmya.
No formal rite; the emphasized practice is darśana—beholding Kṛṣṇa (especially his face).