Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
श्रुत्वाऽध्यायमिमं पुण्यं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
śrutvā'dhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
اس پاکیزہ باب کو سن کر انسان تمام گناہوں سے آزاد ہو جاتا ہے، کیونکہ یہ تطہیر بخش ثواب سے بھرپور ہے۔
Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā-māhātmya (as śabda-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A single ‘pavitra adhyāya’ is depicted as a radiant manuscript; listeners’ silhouettes are bathed in light as dark stains of sin fade away.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to sacred Māhātmya literature is itself a powerful purifier that dissolves accumulated sin.
The verse functions as a general phalaśruti for the Dvārakā Māhātmya section, thereby glorifying Dvārakā and its sacred narrative.
Śravaṇa—listening to the chapter with faith—is presented as the practice that yields purification.