Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्यमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi sūryamāhātmyamuttamam | yacchrutvā mānavo bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे देवी, ऐक; मी सूर्याचे उत्तम माहात्म्य सांगतो. ते भक्तिभावाने ऐकल्यास मनुष्य सर्व पातकांतून मुक्त होतो.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (as the locus of the Sūrya-māhātmya narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Shiva begins a formal proclamation to Devi: a teaching posture, calm authority, with a subtle solar emblem (lotus-disc or radiant halo) indicating the subject—Sūrya’s greatness and sin-destroying power of hearing.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devotional hearing) of māhātmya is itself a purifying dharma, capable of dissolving sins when done with bhakti.
Prabhāsa indirectly, as the setting for the forthcoming Sūrya/Arkasthala greatness narrative.
Śravaṇa (listening) to the Sūrya Māhātmya with devotion is presented as a sin-destroying practice.