Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
इत्येवं कथितं देवि मंकीशोद्भवमुत्तमम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितैः
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi maṃkīśodbhavamuttamam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni samyakchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ
हे देवी, अशा रीतीने मंकीश्वराच्या उत्तम उद्भवाची कथा सांगितली. जी कोणी सम्यक् व दृढ श्रद्धेने ऐकतात, त्यांची पापे नष्ट होतात.
Śiva (Īśvara) to Devī (deduced from immediate section context)
Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A narrator addresses Devī, concluding the Maṃkīśvara origin account; listeners sit with folded hands, the atmosphere calm and purifying, suggesting that hearing itself is a ritual act.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of sacred māhātmya, when joined with sincere faith, becomes a purifying act that removes pāpa.
Maṃkīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to the māhātmya is itself presented as a dhārmic practice yielding purification.