Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
दिव्यं ममेदं चरितं हि रौद्रं श्रोष्यंति ये पर्वसु वा सदा वा । ते चापि यास्यंति मम प्रसादात्त्रिविष्टपं पुण्यजनाधिवासम्
divyaṃ mamedaṃ caritaṃ hi raudraṃ śroṣyaṃti ye parvasu vā sadā vā | te cāpi yāsyaṃti mama prasādāttriviṣṭapaṃ puṇyajanādhivāsam
میرا یہ الٰہی اور ہیبت انگیز رَودْر چرتّر—جو لوگ اسے تہواروں کے دنوں میں یا ہمیشہ سنتے ہیں—میری عنایت سے وہ بھی تری وِشٹپ (سورگ)، نیک ہستیوں کے مسکن، کو پہنچیں گے۔
Hari (as the ‘I’ of the verse, quoted within the narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-māhātmya (śravaṇa-phala)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience of devotees (ye śroṣyanti)
Scene: A devotional assembly on a festival day: a narrator recites the ‘divine, awe-inspiring’ account; listeners sit with folded hands; above them, a vision of Triviṣṭapa with radiant beings (puṇyajanas) welcoming the devotees by Hari’s grace.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) is a dharmic practice that yields grace and higher attainments when done with faith, especially on sacred days.
Indirectly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, since the promised fruit is tied to hearing the Prabhāsa-related divine narrative.
Listening to the sacred account on parva (festival/holy) days—or regularly—as a meritorious observance.