Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
श्रुत्वाऽध्यायमिमं पुण्यं शिवलोके च मोदते । सर्वपाप विनिर्मुक्तः स याति परमं पदम्
śrutvā'dhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ śivaloke ca modate | sarvapāpa vinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramaṃ padam
ఈ పుణ్యాధ్యాయాన్ని విని అతడు శివలోకంలో ఆనందిస్తాడు; సమస్త పాపాల నుండి విముక్తుడై పరమపదాన్ని చేరుతాడు।
Narratorial voice (contextual phalaśruti within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (via Dvārakā-māhātmya śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (contextual) audience of the māhātmya
Scene: A recitation assembly: a learned paurāṇika reads from a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners sit in reverent silence. Above them, a symbolic vision shows Śivaloka (Kailāsa-like radiance) and a higher ‘parama-pada’ light, indicating sinlessness and ascent.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of sacred Māhātmya is portrayed as a direct purifier that culminates in divine realms and the highest state.
Dvārakā, within whose Māhātmya the phalaśruti is declared.
Hearing (śravaṇa) of the chapter is the implied practice; no additional rite is specified in this verse.