Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
यस्तु पश्येन्महादेवि कर्दमाले तु सूकरम् । कोटिहिंसायुतो वापि स प्राप्स्यति परां गतिम्
yastu paśyenmahādevi kardamāle tu sūkaram | koṭihiṃsāyuto vāpi sa prāpsyati parāṃ gatim
โอ้มหาเทวี ผู้ใดได้เห็นสุกรเทวะ (วราหะ) ณ กัรททมาลา แม้จะมีบาปกรรมจากการเบียดเบียนนับโกฏิ ก็จักบรรลุคติอันสูงสุด
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Karddamāla
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (explicitly addressed)
Scene: At Karddamāla, a Varāha icon or living epiphany is beheld by a pilgrim weighed down by past violence; the moment of darśana is shown as a radiant cleansing—dark karmic smoke dissolving into light.
FAQs
Holy darśana at a divinely charged site can override even heavy karmic burdens and turn one toward the highest good.
Karddamāla, where Varāha (the Boar) is to be beheld.
The act prescribed is darśana—reverent beholding of Varāha at Karddamāla.