Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अयने चोत्तरे प्राप्ते निर्वाणमधिगच्छति । श्रुत्वा ऽभिनंद्य माहात्म्यं मुच्यते महतो भयात्
ayane cottare prāpte nirvāṇamadhigacchati | śrutvā 'bhinaṃdya māhātmyaṃ mucyate mahato bhayāt
उत्तरायण के आने पर वह निर्वाण (मोक्ष) को प्राप्त होता है। इस माहात्म्य को सुनकर और श्रद्धापूर्वक अनुमोदन करके मनुष्य महान भय से मुक्त हो जाता है।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A winter-sun (uttarāyaṇa) rises; pilgrims sit in a semicircle listening to a reciter chanting Prabhāsa-māhātmya; a subtle aura of peace dispels shadowy forms symbolizing ‘great fear’.
FAQs
Sacred time (uttarāyaṇa) and sacred hearing (māhātmya-śravaṇa) are both presented as vehicles for fearlessness and liberation.
The promise is tied to the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya being heard and honored.
Māhātmya-śravaṇa (listening to the sacred glorification) and abhinaṃdana (reverent assent/praise), with emphasis on uttarāyaṇa as an auspicious time.
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