Verse Text
skānde ca—
śaṅkha-cakrāṅkita-tanuḥ śirasā maṣjarī-dharaḥ |
gopī-candana-liptāṅgo dṛṣtaś cet tad-aghaṁ kutaḥ ||216||
Translation
Also, the Skanda Purāṇa says: Where sin is for the person who has seen a Vaiṣṇava whose body is marked with conch and disk, who has tulasī maṣjarīs on his head and whose limbs are smeared with gopī-candana?
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Skanda Purāṇa there is a similar statement: “Persons whose bodies are marked with tilaka, symbolizing the conchshell, wheel, club and lotus—and who keep the leaves of tulasī on their heads, and whose bodies are always decorated with gopī-candana—even seen once, can help the seer be relieved from all sinful activities.”