Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं सावित्रीशमहोदयम् । शृणुयाद्यस्तु मतिमान्स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ sāvitrīśamahodayam | śṛṇuyādyastu matimānsa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet
ដូច្នេះ បានប្រកាសដោយសង្ខេប អំពីមហោត្ដមភាពដ៏អស្ចារ្យនៃ សាវិត្រីឥស។ អ្នកណាដែលមានប្រាជ្ញា ស្តាប់វា នឹងរួចផុតពីបាបទាំងឡាយ។
Narrator
Tirtha: Sāvitrīśa/Sāvitrīśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience implied; framed within Devī-addressed narration
Scene: A small assembly of pilgrims seated near a shrine and pond, listening to a reciter reading the Sāvitrīśa mahatmya; a subtle aura of cleansing light surrounds listeners; the shrine of Śaṅkara stands behind.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a kṣetra’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that purifies and reforms the listener.
Sāvitrīśa’s sacred presence within Prabhāsakṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa-associated māhātmya).
Śravaṇa—hearing/recitation-listening of the māhātmya—is presented as the effective practice.