Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
यो नरः शृणुयाद्भक्त्या दिनानि च कियन्ति वै । सर्वार्थसिद्धो भवति य एतत्पठते नरः
yo naraḥ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā dināni ca kiyanti vai | sarvārthasiddho bhavati ya etatpaṭhate naraḥ
مَن سمعَ هذا بخشوعٍ وعبادة، مهما استطاع من الأيام، نالَ تمامَ النجاح في كل المقاصد؛ وكذلك من يتلوه يُتمَّم له كل غرض.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee listens with folded hands as a reciter reads from a palm-leaf manuscript; a subtle aura of Dvārakā’s sanctity surrounds them, indicating ‘sarvārtha-siddhi’.
FAQs
Devotional listening and recitation of Purāṇic sacred narration leads to the fulfillment of righteous aims (sarvārtha-siddhi).
Dvārakā is the implied sacred setting, as this verse occurs in the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) performed with bhakti, even for a limited duration, are recommended.