Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
इति कथितमशेषमेव चित्रं चरितमिदं तव देवि पुण्ययुक्तम् । इतरमपि तवातिवल्लभं यद्वद कथयामि महोदयं मुनीनाम्
iti kathitamaśeṣameva citraṃ caritamidaṃ tava devi puṇyayuktam | itaramapi tavātivallabhaṃ yadvada kathayāmi mahodayaṃ munīnām
وهكذا، يا إلهة، قد رُويتُ لكِ هذه الحكاية المقدسة العجيبة، كاملةً لا نقص فيها، مفعمةً بالثواب. والآن سأقصّ أيضًا خبرًا آخر، هو أحبّ إليكِ غاية الحب، يجلب رفعةً عظيمةً للمنيين الحكماء.
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: A sacred storyteller concludes one wondrous account and turns to begin another; the Goddess listens attentively in a serene, luminous setting suggestive of a tīrtha-āśrama near the sea of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching is structured as progressive revelation—one merit-bearing account leads the listener toward deeper dharma.
The verse closes the Prabhāsa-related account and signals continuation; Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative setting.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes the puṇya (merit) inherent in hearing and transmitting such accounts.