Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85
यस्त्वेतत्पठते भक्त्या श्लाघते वाऽथ यो नरः । सर्वपापैर्महाराज मुच्यते ज्ञानतत्परः
yastvetatpaṭhate bhaktyā ślāghate vā'tha yo naraḥ | sarvapāpairmahārāja mucyate jñānatatparaḥ
ಓ ಮಹಾರಾಜ! ಯಾರು ಇದನ್ನು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಪಠಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ—ಅಥವಾ ಇದನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ—ಅವರು ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತರಾಗಿ ಸತ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ತತ್ಪರರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Pulastya
Listener: Great king (mahārāja)
Scene: A devotee reciting from a manuscript before a small Devī shrine; another person listening with folded hands; a subtle aura suggesting purification and clarity of mind.
FAQs
Devotional recitation and praise of sacred narratives purify sin and orient the mind toward liberating knowledge.
The Arbuda tīrtha-tradition as a whole, especially the pādukā-māhātmya just narrated.
Paṭhana (recitation/reading) and ślāghana (praise) performed with bhakti.