Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
इदं महापातकनाशनं ये श्रोष्यंति वै क्षेत्रमहाप्रभावम् । ते चापि यास्यन्ति मम प्रभावात्त्रिविष्टपं पुण्यजनाधिवासम्
idaṃ mahāpātakanāśanaṃ ye śroṣyaṃti vai kṣetramahāprabhāvam | te cāpi yāsyanti mama prabhāvāttriviṣṭapaṃ puṇyajanādhivāsam
ಈ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭಾವವನ್ನು—ಮಹಾಪಾತಕನಾಶಕವಾದ ಈ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತವನ್ನು—ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯಿಂದ ಕೇಳುವವರು ನನ್ನ ಅನುಗ್ರಹದಿಂದ ಪುಣ್ಯಜನಾಧಿವಾಸವಾದ ತ್ರಿವಿಷ್ಟಪ (ಸ್ವರ್ಗ)ವನ್ನು ಸೇರುವರು.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī Satī (inner); sages (outer)
Scene: A proclamation of fruit: devotees listening to the Prabhāsa-māhātmya, while a celestial vista of Triviṣṭapa opens above—gandharvas, apsarases, and luminous abodes of the puṇyajana.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a kṣetra’s Māhātmya is itself meritorious and can destroy grave sins.
Prabhāsa kṣetra, whose ‘great power’ (mahāprabhāva) is being proclaimed.
Śravaṇa—listening to the Māhātmya with faith—is presented as the effective practice.