Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128
एतद्व्यवसितं विष्णोर्यः शृणोति समाहितः । सोऽतिचारभयान्मुक्तो ज्ञानं मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्
etadvyavasitaṃ viṣṇoryaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ | so'ticārabhayānmukto jñānaṃ muktimavāpnuyāt
जो एकाग्रचित्ताने विष्णूचा हा निश्चय ऐकतो, तो अतिक्रमणाच्या भयातून मुक्त होऊन ज्ञान व मोक्ष प्राप्त करतो।
Narrator (phalaśruti-style verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A serene closing tableau: a focused listener hears the account of Viṣṇu’s resolve; fear dissolves, replaced by luminous knowledge and liberation symbolism (light, open sky, calm waters).
FAQs
Attentive listening to sacred dharma narratives purifies fear of wrongdoing and supports jñāna leading to mokṣa.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the overarching tīrtha-context, with merit tied to hearing its māhātmya account.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) with samādhāna/samāhita-citta (collected mind).