ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कथा पापप्रणाशिनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा मुच्यते जंतुस्त्रिविधैः कर्मबन्धनैः
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathā pāpapraṇāśinīm | yāṃ śrutvā mucyate jaṃtustrividhaiḥ karmabandhanaiḥ
ஈஸ்வரன் கூறினான்—தேவியே, கேள்; பாபங்களை அழிக்கும் கதையை நான் உரைக்கிறேன். அதை கேட்டால் உயிர் கர்மத்தின் மும்மடங்கு பந்தங்களிலிருந்து விடுபடும்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kathā (hearing within Prabhāsa-māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins the ‘pāpa-praṇāśinī kathā’; Devī listens attentively; subtle symbolic chains (three strands) fall away, representing release from threefold karmic bondage through hearing.
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of sacred narrative is a means of purification and loosening karmic bondage.
The forthcoming narrative belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya and explains the liṅga’s origins there.
The practice emphasized is listening (śṛṇu/śrutvā) to the kathā with devotion.