Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणुष्वावहिता भद्रे कथां पातकनाशिनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा मानवो भक्त्या पवित्रात्मा प्रजायते
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇuṣvāvahitā bhadre kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm | yāṃ śrutvā mānavo bhaktyā pavitrātmā prajāyate
ஈசுவரன் கூறினான்—“பத்ரே! கவனத்துடன் பாவநாசினியான இந்தக் கதையை கேள்; இதை பக்தியுடன் கேட்டால் மனிதன் தூய உள்ளத்துடன் பிறக்கிறான்.”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Śiva invites Devī to listen attentively to a sin-destroying story, promising inner purification for devoted hearers.
FAQs
Devotional listening to a dharmic sacred narrative purifies the heart and destroys sin.
The teaching is situated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where hearing such kathā is presented as spiritually potent.
Śravaṇa (attentive listening) with bhakti is prescribed as a purifying practice.