Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
अस्त्रार्पणं यः प्रयतः प्रयत्नाच्छृणोति राजा भुवि भावितातात्मा । सोऽभ्येति युद्धे विजयं परं हि सुतांश्च धर्मार्थयशोभिरामाः
astrārpaṇaṃ yaḥ prayataḥ prayatnācchṛṇoti rājā bhuvi bhāvitātātmā | so'bhyeti yuddhe vijayaṃ paraṃ hi sutāṃśca dharmārthayaśobhirāmāḥ
যি ৰজা পৃথিৱীত সংযমী হৈ, মনোযোগী প্ৰয়াসে অস্ত্ৰ-সমৰ্পণৰ এই কাহিনী শুনে—যাৰ অন্তৰাত্মা পৰিশুদ্ধ হয়—সেইজন যুদ্ধত পৰম বিজয় লাভ কৰে আৰু ধৰ্ম, অৰ্থ আৰু যশত আনন্দিত পুত্ৰসন্তান পায়।
Narrator (phalaśruti)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, seated with folded hands, listens attentively to a sage reciting the story of the gods depositing weapons; the king’s aura brightens, foreshadowing victory and virtuous progeny.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of dharmic sacred history purifies the mind and supports righteous success—power aligned with dharma prospers.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra indirectly, since the phalaśruti seals the sacred narrative within its Māhātmya.
Śravaṇa (devotional listening) with discipline and attention is recommended as a meritorious practice.