Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते जंतुः पातकैः पूर्वसंचितैः । ये चैकादश रुद्रा वै तव प्रोक्ता मया प्रिये
yacchrutvā mucyate jaṃtuḥ pātakaiḥ pūrvasaṃcitaiḥ | ye caikādaśa rudrā vai tava proktā mayā priye
एतत् श्रुत्वा हि जन्तुः पूर्वसञ्चितपातकैः प्रमुच्यते। ये चैकादश रुद्राः, प्रिये, ते मया तुभ्यं निश्चयेन प्रोक्ताः॥
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Unspecified beloved interlocutor
Scene: A teacher-narrator addresses a beloved listener, proclaiming that mere hearing frees beings from long-stored sins, while the cosmic motif of the eleven Rudras hovers as a subtle mandala behind them.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of sacred māhātmya is itself purifying, loosening the burden of long-stored sin.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya is presented as spiritually efficacious even through hearing.
The implied practice is listening/recitation of the māhātmya; no additional ritual steps are specified in this verse.