Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131
इदं यात्राविधानं तु भक्त्या यः कुरुते नरः । शृणोति वा स पापैस्तु सर्वैरेव प्रमुच्यते
idaṃ yātrāvidhānaṃ tu bhaktyā yaḥ kurute naraḥ | śṛṇoti vā sa pāpaistu sarvaireva pramucyate
جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ اس یاترا کے وِدھان کو انجام دیتا ہے—یا اسے صرف سنتا بھی ہے—وہ تمام گناہوں سے پوری طرح چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (yātrā-vidhāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A storyteller recites the Prabhāsa yātrā-vidhāna to an attentive assembly; listeners sit with folded hands, lamps lit, a small Somnātha icon or coastal shrine image behind.
FAQs
Devotion sanctifies action, and even attentive listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is credited with purifying power.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, since the ‘yātrā-vidhāna’ belongs to the Prabhāsa Māhātmya.
Follow the yātrā-vidhi with bhakti; alternatively, listen to it with faith for purification.