Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
इत्येष ते समाख्यातो योगेश्वर्या महोत्सवः । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव सर्वाशुभविनाशनः
ityeṣa te samākhyāto yogeśvaryā mahotsavaḥ | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvāśubhavināśanaḥ
Demikianlah telah dijelaskan kepadamu perayaan agung Yogeśvarī; bagi mereka yang membacanya dan mereka yang mendengarnya, ia menjadi pemusnah segala yang tidak baik.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Yogeśvarī-mahotsava (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed earlier as Deveśi)
Scene: A recitation assembly in a temple courtyard: a paurāṇika reads the Yogeśvarī-mahotsava to attentive listeners; above, auspicious symbols (kalasha, lamps) and a subtle aura indicating ‘aśubha’ dissolving like smoke.
FAQs
Sacred listening and recitation (śravaṇa–pāṭha) are themselves purifying acts that remove aśubha when connected to a deity’s māhātmya.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the narration of Yogeśvarī’s mahotsava.
Pāṭha (recitation/reading) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the Yogeśvarī mahotsava narrative.