Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कथां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा मानवो देवि मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | yāṃ śrutvā mānavo devi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
ईश्वर म्हणाले—हे देवि, ऐक. मी पापांचा नाश करणारी कथा सांगतो; ती ऐकून, हे देवि, मनुष्य सर्व पातकांतून मुक्त होतो।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context for Unnata kathā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins the narration with a compassionate, authoritative teaching gesture; Pārvatī listens attentively; a subtle aura suggests the sin-destroying potency of the forthcoming kathā.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devotional hearing) of a tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as a purifying dharma that removes sin and restores spiritual clarity.
The verse introduces a Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative that will specify Unnata/Mahodaya and related sacred markers.
Hearing (śravaṇa) the sacred account is itself the stated practice and source of merit.