Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः । ये केचित्सागरांतायां पृथिव्यां कीर्तिता द्विजाः
yacchrutvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ | ye kecitsāgarāṃtāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ kīrtitā dvijāḥ
ഓ ദേവീ! ഇത് ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സർവ്വപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകും. സമുദ്രാന്ത ഭൂമിയിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധരായ ഏതു ദ്വിജന്മാരുണ്ടോ—അവരുടെ മഹിമ ഇതിൽ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്നു.
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.
FAQs
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.