Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं सावित्रीशमहोदयम् । शृणुयाद्यस्तु मतिमान्स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ sāvitrīśamahodayam | śṛṇuyādyastu matimānsa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet
Thus, in brief, has been declared the great exaltation of Sāvitrīśa. Whoever, being discerning, listens to it becomes freed from sins.
Narrator
Tirtha: Sāvitrīśa/Sāvitrīśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience implied; framed within Devī-addressed narration
Scene: A small assembly of pilgrims seated near a shrine and pond, listening to a reciter reading the Sāvitrīśa mahatmya; a subtle aura of cleansing light surrounds listeners; the shrine of Śaṅkara stands behind.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a kṣetra’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that purifies and reforms the listener.
Sāvitrīśa’s sacred presence within Prabhāsakṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa-associated māhātmya).
Śravaṇa—hearing/recitation-listening of the māhātmya—is presented as the effective practice.