Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
इत्येवं कथितं देवि मंकीशोद्भवमुत्तमम् । श्रुतं हरति पापानि सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितैः
ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi maṃkīśodbhavamuttamam | śrutaṃ harati pāpāni samyakchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ
یوں، اے دیوی، مَنکییشور کے ظہور کی یہ اعلیٰ حکایت بیان کی گئی۔ جو اسے سچی اور ثابت قدم عقیدت سے سنے، وہ گناہوں کو مٹا دیتی ہے۔
Śiva (Īśvara) to Devī (deduced from immediate section context)
Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A narrator addresses Devī, concluding the Maṃkīśvara origin account; listeners sit with folded hands, the atmosphere calm and purifying, suggesting that hearing itself is a ritual act.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of sacred māhātmya, when joined with sincere faith, becomes a purifying act that removes pāpa.
Maṃkīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
Faithful listening (śravaṇa) to the māhātmya is itself presented as a dhārmic practice yielding purification.