Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
एतन्मया पुण्यतमं प्रभासक्षेत्रे च वस्रापथमीरितं ते । श्रुत्वा पठित्वा परया समेतो भक्त्या तु विष्णोः पदमभ्युपैति
etanmayā puṇyatamaṃ prabhāsakṣetre ca vasrāpathamīritaṃ te | śrutvā paṭhitvā parayā sameto bhaktyā tu viṣṇoḥ padamabhyupaiti
เรื่องวัสตราปถอันเปี่ยมบุญยิ่งนี้ ในแดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์ปรภาสะ ข้าพเจ้าได้ประกาศแก่ท่านแล้ว ผู้ใดสดับและสาธยายด้วยภักติอันสูงสุด ผู้นั้นย่อมถึงซึ่งพระบาทแห่งพระวิษณุโดยแท้
Īśvara
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (in Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed audience within the narrative frame (and by extension the Purāṇa’s listeners)
Scene: A concluding benediction scene: the narrator proclaims the merit of the Vastrāpatha account; devotees listen and recite; above, a vision of Viṣṇu’s abode (Vaikuṇṭha) appears as the promised destination.
FAQs
Devotional engagement with tīrtha-māhātmya—hearing and recitation—becomes a direct means to divine attainment.
Vastrāpatha/Vastrāpathakṣetra situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the praised sacred locale.
Śravaṇa and pāṭha of the māhātmya, performed with parā-bhakti (supreme devotion).