Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कथां पापप्रणाशनीम् । यां श्रुत्वा मानवो भक्त्या प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm | yāṃ śrutvā mānavo bhaktyā prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim
ایشور نے فرمایا: اے دیوی، سنو؛ میں ایک گناہ مٹانے والی مقدّس کہانی بیان کرتا ہوں، جسے بھکتی سے سن کر انسان اعلیٰ ترین منزل پاتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins the discourse to Devī, promising a sin-destroying account whose devotional hearing grants the supreme goal.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a holy narrative is itself a purifying practice that leads toward the highest spiritual goal.
The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose greatness is being introduced through a purifying narrative.
No external rite is prescribed here; the emphasized practice is śravaṇa—hearing the kathā with bhakti.