Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
सर्वपापहरो नृणां स्वर्गमोक्षफलप्रदः । स तदैवं हि तैः प्रोक्तो वैशाखो मुनिपुंगवैः । तस्थौ जाप्यपरो नित्यं गतास्ते मुनिपुंगवाः
sarvapāpaharo nṛṇāṃ svargamokṣaphalapradaḥ | sa tadaivaṃ hi taiḥ prokto vaiśākho munipuṃgavaiḥ | tasthau jāpyaparo nityaṃ gatāste munipuṃgavāḥ
ഇത് മനുഷ്യരുടെ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളും ഹരിച്ച് സ്വർഗ്ഗമോക്ഷഫലം നൽകുന്നതാണ് എന്നു ശ്രേഷ്ഠ മുനിപുംഗവർ വൈശാഖനോട് ഉപദേശിച്ചു. അവൻ നിത്യം ജപപരായണനായി നിലകൊണ്ടു; മുനിവരന്മാർ അവിടെ നിന്ന് പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sectional context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed later in the passage; dialogue frame continues)
Scene: Foremost sages instruct Vaiśākha on the sin-destroying, heaven-and-liberation-giving power of the sacred observance; the sages depart while he remains seated in unwavering japa.
FAQs
Steady, lifelong japa of a properly received mantra is praised as sin-destroying and fruit-giving (svarga and mokṣa).
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the sacred setting where the mantra’s glory and efficacy are taught.
Nitya-japa (daily/constant repetition) of the taught mantra, described as sarva-pāpa-hara and svarga-mokṣa-prada.