Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
यस्त्वेतत्पठते भक्त्या श्लाघते वाऽथ यो नरः । सर्वपापैर्महाराज मुच्यते ज्ञानतत्परः
yastvetatpaṭhate bhaktyā ślāghate vā'tha yo naraḥ | sarvapāpairmahārāja mucyate jñānatatparaḥ
কিন্তু হে মহাৰাজ! যি নৰ ভক্তিৰে এই পাঠ কৰে বা ইয়াৰ প্ৰশংসা কৰে, সি সকলো পাপৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয় আৰু সত্য জ্ঞানত তৎপৰ হয়।
Pulastya
Listener: Great king (mahārāja)
Scene: A devotee reciting from a manuscript before a small Devī shrine; another person listening with folded hands; a subtle aura suggesting purification and clarity of mind.
FAQs
Devotional recitation and praise of sacred narratives purify sin and orient the mind toward liberating knowledge.
The Arbuda tīrtha-tradition as a whole, especially the pādukā-māhātmya just narrated.
Paṭhana (recitation/reading) and ślāghana (praise) performed with bhakti.