Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
य इदं शृयुयाद्भक्त्या पठेद्वा भक्तिसंयुतः । स गच्छेद्देवलोकं तु मुक्तः सर्वैस्तु पातकैः
ya idaṃ śṛyuyādbhaktyā paṭhedvā bhaktisaṃyutaḥ | sa gaccheddevalokaṃ tu muktaḥ sarvaistu pātakaiḥ
Quiconque entend ceci avec dévotion, ou le récite animé de dévotion, va au monde des dieux, délivré de toutes les fautes.
Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa/Hiraṇyeśvara mahatmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Same addressed audience; immediate addressee remains the lady, while the verse generalizes to all hearers/reciters
Scene: A small assembly of devotees listens to a reciter chanting the mahatmya near the pond; luminous pathways rise upward symbolizing ascent to devaloka, while dark stains dissolve representing sins removed.
FAQs
Devotional listening and recitation are themselves powerful sādhana, bringing purification and exalted spiritual destiny.
The teaching being heard/recited is the māhātmya of Brahmakuṇḍa and Hiraṇyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) with bhakti as a merit-giving practice.