Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं महत् । यस्य संश्रवणादेव सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
śrīprahlāda uvāca | śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi guhyādguhyataraṃ mahat | yasya saṃśravaṇādeva sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
Śrī Prahlāda disse: Ouvi; declararei um grande segredo, mais secreto que os segredos; só de o escutar, todos os pecados se extinguem.
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: unspecified assembly (implied devotees/pilgrims)
Scene: Prahlāda, serene and radiant with devotion, addresses an assembly, raising a hand in invitation to listen; the atmosphere suggests a sacred disclosure (guhya) with subtle divine light.
FAQs
Reverent hearing of sacred teaching itself is presented as a potent purifier that destroys sin.
The promise is delivered within Dvārakā Māhātmya’s sacred narrative setting.
Śravaṇa—devout listening to the proclaimed teaching.