Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131
इदं यात्राविधानं तु भक्त्या यः कुरुते नरः । शृणोति वा स पापैस्तु सर्वैरेव प्रमुच्यते
idaṃ yātrāvidhānaṃ tu bhaktyā yaḥ kurute naraḥ | śṛṇoti vā sa pāpaistu sarvaireva pramucyate
ഈ യാത്രാവിധാനം ഭക്തിയോടെ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ—അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇത് കേൾക്കുന്നവൻ പോലും—സകല പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തനാകുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (yātrā-vidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A storyteller recites the Prabhāsa yātrā-vidhāna to an attentive assembly; listeners sit with folded hands, lamps lit, a small Somnātha icon or coastal shrine image behind.
FAQs
Devotion sanctifies action, and even attentive listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is credited with purifying power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, since the ‘yātrā-vidhāna’ belongs to the Prabhāsa Māhātmya.
Follow the yātrā-vidhi with bhakti; alternatively, listen to it with faith for purification.