Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
सारस्वत उवाच । शृणु सर्वं महाराज कथयिष्ये सविस्तरम् । येन वै कथ्यमानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
sārasvata uvāca | śṛṇu sarvaṃ mahārāja kathayiṣye savistaram | yena vai kathyamānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
सारस्वत उवाच—शृणु सर्वं महाराज कथयिष्ये सविस्तरम्। येन कथ्यमानेन श्रूयमाणेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्॥
Sārasvata
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (unnamed king)
Scene: Sārasvata ṛṣi addresses a great king in a calm assembly, promising a detailed narration whose hearing destroys sins; listeners sit with folded hands near a sacred setting.
FAQs
Hearing and recounting sacred Purāṇic history is itself a purifying dharma that leads to the destruction of sin.
The broader context is the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, preparing the listener for the site’s sanctifying narrative.
No external ritual is prescribed here; the act of śravaṇa (devotional listening) and kathana (recitation) is presented as the purifying practice.
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