Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
दर्शनादपि तस्याथ पापं याति सहस्रधा । यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या विधिना भावमास्थितः । वामदेवेन मंत्रेण स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्
darśanādapi tasyātha pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā | yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā vidhinā bhāvamāsthitaḥ | vāmadevena maṃtreṇa sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet
แม้เพียงได้เห็นพระองค์ บาปก็แตกสลายเป็นพันเท่า ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์ด้วยศรัทธาภักดี ตามพิธีอันถูกต้องและด้วยจิตภาวะอันบริสุทธิ์ ผู้นั้นย่อมพ้นบาปด้วยมนต์วามเทวะ
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Tryambakeśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A devotee stands before the liṅga offering bilva, water, and lamps; the atmosphere emphasizes correct ritual order and heartfelt devotion. The Vāmadeva mantra is visualized as a gentle, protective radiance dissolving sin into a thousand fragments.
FAQs
Outer worship must be joined with inner bhāva; then even a single darśana and mantra-linked pūjā becomes profoundly purifying.
Tryambakeśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of the preceding verses).
Worship with devotion following vidhi, and employ the Vāmadeva mantra to become freed from pātakas (sins).