यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । ये केचित्सागरांतायां पृथिव्यां कीर्तिता द्विजाः
yacchrutvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | ye kecitsāgarāṃtāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ kīrtitā dvijāḥ
これを聞けば、ああデーヴィーよ、人はあらゆる罪から解き放たれる。大海に囲まれたこの大地に名高いブラーフマナたちの栄光は、ここにことごとく含まれている。
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva declares that merely hearing this account frees one from all sins; the fame of brāhmaṇas across the ocean-bounded world is invoked, suggesting a cosmic scope.
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of dharma and māhātmya is itself purifying and destroys pāpa.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through a teaching whose hearing grants liberation from sins.
Śravaṇa—listening to the sacred exposition with faith—is presented as a purifying practice.