Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
इदं महापातकनाशनं ये श्रोष्यंति वै क्षेत्रमहाप्रभावम् । ते चापि यास्यन्ति मम प्रभावात्त्रिविष्टपं पुण्यजनाधिवासम्
idaṃ mahāpātakanāśanaṃ ye śroṣyaṃti vai kṣetramahāprabhāvam | te cāpi yāsyanti mama prabhāvāttriviṣṭapaṃ puṇyajanādhivāsam
இந்த க்ஷேத்திரத்தின் மகாப்ரபாவத்தை—மகாபாதகநாசகமான இந்த வரலாற்றை—சிரத்தையுடன் கேட்போர் என் அருளால் புண்ணியஜனர்கள் வாழும் திரிவிஷ்டபம் (சுவர்க்கம்) அடைவார்கள்.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī Satī (inner); sages (outer)
Scene: A proclamation of fruit: devotees listening to the Prabhāsa-māhātmya, while a celestial vista of Triviṣṭapa opens above—gandharvas, apsarases, and luminous abodes of the puṇyajana.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a kṣetra’s Māhātmya is itself meritorious and can destroy grave sins.
Prabhāsa kṣetra, whose ‘great power’ (mahāprabhāva) is being proclaimed.
Śravaṇa—listening to the Māhātmya with faith—is presented as the effective practice.