Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
य इमां शृणुयाद्देवि कथां पातकनाशिनीम् । समस्तजन्मसंभूतात्पापान्मुक्तो भवेन्नरः
ya imāṃ śṛṇuyāddevi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm | samastajanmasaṃbhūtātpāpānmukto bhavennaraḥ
हे देवि, जो ही पातकनाशिनी कथा ऐकतो, तो मनुष्य सर्व जन्मांत साचलेल्या पापांपासून मुक्त होतो.
Narrator (within Īśvara–Devī dialogue context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (via its kathā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Devī listens as the sacred account is recited; a circle of sages/priests chant from palm-leaf manuscripts; the listener’s mind is shown as clearing darkness into light, symbolizing release from birth-accumulated sins.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a potent purifier in Purāṇic Dharma.
The narrative concerns Cyavaneśvara and associated Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrthas.
The implied practice is śravaṇa—listening attentively to the māhātmya as a devotional discipline.