Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 133
इति निगदितमेतद्देवदेवस्य चित्रं चरितमिदमचिंत्यं देवि ते शंकरस्य । कलिकलुषविदारं सर्वलोकोऽपि यायाद्यदि पठति शृणोति स्तौति नित्यं य इत्थम्
iti nigaditametaddevadevasya citraṃ caritamidamaciṃtyaṃ devi te śaṃkarasya | kalikaluṣavidāraṃ sarvaloko'pi yāyādyadi paṭhati śṛṇoti stauti nityaṃ ya ittham
Demikian telah dinyatakan, wahai Devī, kisah suci Śaṅkara, Dewa para dewa—menakjubkan dan tak terpikirkan. Ia meremukkan noda Kali-yuga; siapa yang senantiasa membacanya, mendengarnya, atau memujinya, menuntun semua insan menuju kebajikan rohani.
Śiva (deduced from immediate context: Śaṅkara speaking to Devī in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Someśvara-kathā (mahatmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotional gathering: a reciter reads the Prabhāsa-mahātmya before an image of Śaṅkara; listeners sit in attentive rows; a subtle aura spreads outward, symbolizing Kali-impurity being torn apart.
FAQs
Regular śravaṇa (hearing), pāṭha (reading), and stuti (praise) of sacred Purāṇic narratives purifies Kali-yuga defilements.
Implicitly the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative being concluded; the verse functions as a phalaśruti for the māhātmya.
Nitya pāṭha/śravaṇa/stuti—regular recitation, listening, and praise of the account.