Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
सूत उवाच । अहं च संप्रवक्ष्यामि कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । अर्बुदस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठा माहात्म्यं च यथा श्रुतम्
sūta uvāca | ahaṃ ca saṃpravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | arbudasya dvijaśreṣṭhā māhātmyaṃ ca yathā śrutam
قال سوتا (Sūta): «سأقصُّ الآن الحكايةَ المُذهِبةَ للذنوب—مهاطْمْيَة أَربودا، أي عظمته المقدّسة—يا خيرَ الثنائيّ الولادة، كما سمعتُها تمامًا.»
Sūta
Tirtha: Arbuda-māhātmya (narrative of Arbuda)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled sages)
Scene: Sūta, seated on a vyāsāsana, raises his hand in assurance, promising a sin-destroying account of Arbuda’s greatness to an eager circle of sages.
FAQs
Hearing (śravaṇa) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that destroys sin and guides pilgrimage.
Arbuda, whose māhātmya Sūta is about to narrate.
Implicit śravaṇa (listening) to a pāpa-pranāśinī kathā; no explicit vow or rite is stated.