Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं माहात्म्यं गुरुदैवतम् । शृणुयाद्यस्तु भावेन तस्य प्रीतो गुरुर्भवेत्
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ gurudaivatam | śṛṇuyādyastu bhāvena tasya prīto gururbhavet
एवं संक्षेपतः गुरुदैवतस्य माहात्म्यं प्रोक्तम्; यस्तु भावेन शृणुयात्, तस्मै गुरु: प्रीतो भवेत्।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Vṛhaspatīśvara-māhātmya (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A small assembly sits in a temple hall near the liṅga; a narrator recites the māhātmya while listeners sit with folded hands; above, a subtle luminous presence symbolizes the Guru’s pleasure.
FAQs
Listening with faith to a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a devotional act that draws the guru’s grace.
Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative.
Śravaṇa—devout listening to the māhātmya (sacred glorification).