Verse Text
42. ārātrika-darśanaṁ, yathā skānde—
koṭayo brahma-hatyānām agamyāgama-koṭayaḥ |
dahaty āloka-mātreṇa viṣṇoḥ sārātrikaṁ mukham ||167||
Translation
Seeing the ārātrika of the Lord (verse 87), from Skanda Purāṇa: The face of Viṣṇu lit by the light from the ārātrika lamp burns up ten million sins of killing brāhmaṇas and ten million sins committed in the past and to be committed in the future.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This verse speaks of seeing the ārātrika of any of the authorized deity forms. Koṭayaḥ is a substitute for koṭīḥ. Mukham is the subject of the sentence.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Observing Ārati and Celebrations of the Lord
In the Skanda Purāṇa there is the following description of the result of seeing ārati (worship) of the Deity: “If someone sees the face of the Lord while ārati is going on, he can be relieved of all sinful reactions coming from many, many thousands and millions of years past. He is even excused from the killing of a brāhmaṇa or similar prohibited activities.