Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
राजन्वृद्धो गुणैर्वृद्धो ब्राह्मणः सुविचक्षणः । एकोस्ति स तु द्रष्टव्यो मूर्तो ब्रह्मनिधिः परः
rājanvṛddho guṇairvṛddho brāhmaṇaḥ suvicakṣaṇaḥ | ekosti sa tu draṣṭavyo mūrto brahmanidhiḥ paraḥ
اے راجن! ایک برہمن ہے—عمر میں بزرگ اور اوصاف میں اس سے بھی بڑھ کر، نہایت صاحبِ بصیرت۔ وہ یکتا ہے؛ اس کے درشن لازم ہیں—گویا برہمن کا اعلیٰ خزانہ جسمانی صورت میں ظاہر ہو گیا ہو۔
Queen Līlāvatī (reporting to King Divodāsa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Queen addressing the king with reverence, describing an elderly brāhmaṇa whose presence is like a manifest treasury of Brahman; the brāhmaṇa is not yet shown, creating anticipation and sacred awe.
FAQs
The darśana of a truly virtuous person is itself a sacred gain—holiness can appear as ‘embodied Brahman’ through character.
The narrative belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī sacred landscape), though the verse highlights saintly darśana rather than a named tīrtha.
An implied practice is darśana (seeking audience) of the holy; no formal ritual is detailed.