Skandapurana 6.3.103.69

6.3.103.69

yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ .
caitramāse tu samprāpte ahorātroṣito bhavet .. 103.69 ..

By the mere sight of whom the accumulation of sin is destroyed.
When the month of Caitra arrives, one should fast for a day and a night;