Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
इति निगदितमेतद्भूतनाथेश्वरस्य प्रचुरकलिमलानां नाशनं पुण्यहेतुः । पठति च पुरुषो वा यः शृणोतीह भक्त्या सुरवरमहिमानं मुच्यते पातकौघैः
iti nigaditametadbhūtanātheśvarasya pracurakalimalānāṃ nāśanaṃ puṇyahetuḥ | paṭhati ca puruṣo vā yaḥ śṛṇotīha bhaktyā suravaramahimānaṃ mucyate pātakaughaiḥ
इति भूतनाथेश्वरस्य महिमा निगदितः—स कलिमलप्रचुराणां नाशनः पुण्यहेतुः। यः पुरुषो भक्त्या पठति शृणोति वा, स सुरवरमहिमानं श्रुत्वा पातकौघैः प्रमुच्यते।
Narratorial voice within the Māhātmya (phalaśruti-style conclusion)
Tirtha: Bhūtanātheśvara (mahimā narrative) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotional assembly in Prabhāsa where a narrator recites the Bhūtanātheśvara mahimā; listeners with folded hands feel sins dissolving; a subtle aura of purification pervades the scene.
FAQs
Devotional listening and recitation of a tīrtha-deity’s glory is itself a purifying practice that counters Kali-yuga negativity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the glorification of Bhūtanātheśvara.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (reading/recitation) of the Māhātmya with devotion, stated to remove masses of sins.