Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
इति कथितमशेषमेव चित्रं चरितमिदं तव देवि पुण्ययुक्तम् । इतरमपि तवातिवल्लभं यद्वद कथयामि महोदयं मुनीनाम्
iti kathitamaśeṣameva citraṃ caritamidaṃ tava devi puṇyayuktam | itaramapi tavātivallabhaṃ yadvada kathayāmi mahodayaṃ munīnām
अशा प्रकारे, हे देवि, पुण्ययुक्त असे हे अद्भुत व पूर्ण पावन चरित्र तुला सांगितले. आता तुझ्या अत्यंत प्रिय असे दुसरेही आख्यान, जे मुनींना महान् उदय देणारे आहे, मी यथावत् सांगतो.
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)
Scene: A sacred storyteller concludes one wondrous account and turns to begin another; the Goddess listens attentively in a serene, luminous setting suggestive of a tīrtha-āśrama near the sea of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching is structured as progressive revelation—one merit-bearing account leads the listener toward deeper dharma.
The verse closes the Prabhāsa-related account and signals continuation; Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative setting.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes the puṇya (merit) inherent in hearing and transmitting such accounts.