Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
इति ते कथितं महाप्रभावं हरिसंकेतनिकेतनोद्भवम् । शृणुते वा प्रयतस्तु यः सुधीः पठते वा लभते स सद्गतिम्
iti te kathitaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ harisaṃketaniketanodbhavam | śṛṇute vā prayatastu yaḥ sudhīḥ paṭhate vā labhate sa sadgatim
So ist dir seine große Wirkkraft verkündet worden—entsprungen aus der heiligen Stätte, die Zeichen und Wohnsitz Haris ist. Der Weise, der es in Zucht und Sammlung hört oder es rezitiert, erlangt einen seligen Gang.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Nārāyaṇagṛha / Hari-saṅketa-niketana (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage concludes the narration of Prabhāsa’s Hari-sign sanctum; attentive listeners sit in disciplined posture, palms joined, as the sanctum’s aura radiates behind the narrator.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya are themselves meritorious and lead toward auspicious spiritual attainment.
The Nārāyaṇa-gṛha setting within Prabhāsakṣetra, described as Hari’s sacred abode/sign.
Attentive hearing and recitation of the māhātmya (phalaśruti practice).