Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं ब्रह्मसम्भवम् । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ brahmasambhavam | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ദേവി, കേൾക്കുക; ബ്രഹ്മസംബവമായ മഹാത്മ്യം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു; അതിന്റെ ശ്രവണമാത്രംകൊണ്ട് സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara begins the proclamation: Devī listens as the ‘Brahmā-born’ greatness is announced, promising liberation from sins by mere hearing.
FAQs
Reverent listening to māhātmya (sacred glory) is itself a purifying practice that destroys sin and prepares one for liberation.
The immediate frame is Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya; the chapter proceeds to locate Brahmā’s supreme place within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the māhātmya is presented as the efficacious practice.