Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
तस्मात्कृतस्मरो लोके कीर्त्यते स महीतले । तं दृष्ट्वा न जडो नांधो नासुखी न च दुर्भगः । जायते तु कदा मर्त्यो न दरिद्रो न रोगवान्
tasmātkṛtasmaro loke kīrtyate sa mahītale | taṃ dṛṣṭvā na jaḍo nāṃdho nāsukhī na ca durbhagaḥ | jāyate tu kadā martyo na daridro na rogavān
اسی لیے وہ دنیا اور روئے زمین پر ‘کرتَسمر’ کے نام سے سراہا جاتا ہے۔ اس مقدس دھام کے درشن سے کوئی بشر کبھی کند ذہن، نابینا، غمگین یا بدبخت پیدا نہیں ہوتا؛ نہ کبھی مفلس یا بیمار جنم لیتا ہے۔
Unspecified in this snippet (context likely Īśvara/Śiva speaking)
Tirtha: Kṛtasmara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims behold the Kṛtasmara sacred spot; from the tīrtha radiates a blessing that dispels darkness (blindness/ignorance), illness, and poverty—depicted as shadows dissolving into light.
FAQs
Darśana of a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as transforming destiny, removing misfortune and suffering through accumulated merit.
Kṛtasmara tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The act emphasized is darśana (beholding/visiting); no specific dāna or snāna is stated in this verse.