Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
इत्येवं कथितं देवि मंकीशोद्भवमुत्तमम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितैः
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi maṃkīśodbhavamuttamam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni samyakchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ
হে দেবী, এভাবে মঙ্কীশ্বরের উত্তম উদ্ভবকথা বলা হলো। যাঁরা যথার্থ ও দৃঢ় শ্রদ্ধায় এটি শোনেন, তাঁদের পাপ নাশ হয়।
Śiva (Īśvara) to Devī (deduced from immediate section context)
Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A narrator addresses Devī, concluding the Maṃkīśvara origin account; listeners sit with folded hands, the atmosphere calm and purifying, suggesting that hearing itself is a ritual act.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of sacred māhātmya, when joined with sincere faith, becomes a purifying act that removes pāpa.
Maṃkīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to the māhātmya is itself presented as a dhārmic practice yielding purification.