Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
एतन्मया पुण्यतमं प्रभासक्षेत्रे च वस्रापथमीरितं ते । श्रुत्वा पठित्वा परया समेतो भक्त्या तु विष्णोः पदमभ्युपैति
etanmayā puṇyatamaṃ prabhāsakṣetre ca vasrāpathamīritaṃ te | śrutvā paṭhitvā parayā sameto bhaktyā tu viṣṇoḥ padamabhyupaiti
Je t’ai proclamé ce récit, le plus méritoire, concernant Vastrāpatha dans la sainte région de Prabhāsa. Celui qui l’écoute et le récite avec une dévotion suprême atteint assurément la demeure de Viṣṇu.
Īśvara
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (in Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed audience within the narrative frame (and by extension the Purāṇa’s listeners)
Scene: A concluding benediction scene: the narrator proclaims the merit of the Vastrāpatha account; devotees listen and recite; above, a vision of Viṣṇu’s abode (Vaikuṇṭha) appears as the promised destination.
FAQs
Devotional engagement with tīrtha-māhātmya—hearing and recitation—becomes a direct means to divine attainment.
Vastrāpatha/Vastrāpathakṣetra situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the praised sacred locale.
Śravaṇa and pāṭha of the māhātmya, performed with parā-bhakti (supreme devotion).