Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि महापुण्यां कथां पापप्रणाशनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा मुच्यते पापान्नरो जन्मशतार्जितात्
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi mahāpuṇyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm | yāṃ śrutvā mucyate pāpānnaro janmaśatārjitāt
ഈശ്വരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവീ, മഹാപുണ്യകരവും പാപനാശിനിയുമായ ഈ കഥ കേൾക്കുക; ഇത് കേട്ടാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ നൂറു ജന്മങ്ങളുടെ സഞ്ചിതപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (kathā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Īśvara begins a sacred narration to Devī, declaring it ‘mahāpuṇyā’ and ‘pāpa-praṇāśinī’; the atmosphere is that of a formal kathā opening with promise of karmic cleansing.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of sacred narrative is a direct purificatory practice, capable of dissolving long-accumulated karmic burden.
The forthcoming Kuṇḍala/Kuṇḍalasaṃbhava tīrtha narrative within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Listening (śravaṇa) to the kathā as a purifying religious act.