Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अयने चोत्तरे प्राप्ते निर्वाणमधिगच्छति । श्रुत्वा ऽभिनंद्य माहात्म्यं मुच्यते महतो भयात्
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उत्तरेऽयने प्राप्ते स निर्वाणमधिगच्छति। अस्य माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा चाभिनन्द्य महतो भयात् प्रमुच्यते॥
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A winter-sun (uttarāyaṇa) rises; pilgrims sit in a semicircle listening to a reciter chanting Prabhāsa-māhātmya; a subtle aura of peace dispels shadowy forms symbolizing ‘great fear’.
FAQs
Sacred time (uttarāyaṇa) and sacred hearing (māhātmya-śravaṇa) are both presented as vehicles for fearlessness and liberation.
The promise is tied to the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya being heard and honored.
Māhātmya-śravaṇa (listening to the sacred glorification) and abhinaṃdana (reverent assent/praise), with emphasis on uttarāyaṇa as an auspicious time.