Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
इत्येवं कथितं देवि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । श्रुत्वाऽनुमोद्य भावेन सर्वकामैः समृद्ध्यते
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | śrutvā'numodya bhāvena sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhyate
یوں اے دیوی! یہ پاپوں کو مٹانے والا ماہاتمیہ بیان کیا گیا۔ جو اسے سن کر عقیدت بھرے دل سے تصدیق و تحسین کرے، وہ تمام مرادوں سے سرفراز ہوتا ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Anileśvara-māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva addresses Devī, concluding the Anileśvara-māhātmya; sages/pilgrims listen in reverent assembly; the spoken words appear as luminous script or waves of light signifying pāpa-nāśa and wish-fulfillment.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) and inner approval of sacred teachings are themselves meritorious acts that purify and fulfill righteous desires.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through the sin-destroying māhātmya just narrated (Anileśvara context).
Māhātmya-śravaṇa—hearing the sacred account—and anumodana—rejoicing/assenting with devotion.