Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
सारस्वत उवाच । शृणु सर्वं महाराज कथयिष्ये सविस्तरम् । येन वै कथ्यमानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
sārasvata uvāca | śṛṇu sarvaṃ mahārāja kathayiṣye savistaram | yena vai kathyamānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
Sārasvata berkata: “Dengarkan, wahai maharaja; akan kuceritakan semuanya dengan rinci—dengan menuturkan dan mendengarnya, lenyaplah segala dosa.”
Sārasvata
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (unnamed king)
Scene: Sārasvata ṛṣi addresses a great king in a calm assembly, promising a detailed narration whose hearing destroys sins; listeners sit with folded hands near a sacred setting.
FAQs
Hearing and recounting sacred Purāṇic history is itself a purifying dharma that leads to the destruction of sin.
The broader context is the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, preparing the listener for the site’s sanctifying narrative.
No external ritual is prescribed here; the act of śravaṇa (devotional listening) and kathana (recitation) is presented as the purifying practice.