Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
समागमं लभन्ते च बान्धवाश्च प्रवासिभिः । स्कान्दं पुराणं श्रुत्वा तु पुमानाप्नोति वाञ्छितम्
samāgamaṃ labhante ca bāndhavāśca pravāsibhiḥ | skāndaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutvā tu pumānāpnoti vāñchitam
પ્રવાસમાં ગયેલા બંધુઓ સાથે પણ સ્વજનોનું પુનર્મિલન થાય છે; અને સ્કંદપુરાણનું શ્રવણ કરવાથી મનુષ્ય ઇચ્છિત ફળ પામે છે।
Skanda (deduced from section phalaśruti)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A family reunion at a sacred setting after long separation; in the background, a recitation assembly hearing the Skanda Purāṇa, suggesting the spiritual cause of the reunion.
FAQs
Purāṇic śravaṇa is praised as a source of both social well-being (reunion) and fulfillment of rightful desires.
Dvārakā, within the Dvārakā Māhātmya framework of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Listening to the Skanda Purāṇa (śravaṇa) is the stated practice.