Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपातकनाशिनीम् । शृणु देवि महाभागे ह्याश्चर्यं यदभूत्पुरा
tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśinīm | śṛṇu devi mahābhāge hyāścaryaṃ yadabhūtpurā
میں اُس کی پیدائش و ابتدا بیان کروں گا جو تمام گناہوں کو مٹانے والی ہے۔ اے نہایت سعادت مند دیوی! سنو، قدیم زمانے میں جو حیرت انگیز کرشمہ رونما ہوا تھا۔
Śiva (deduced: address to Devī within a Śaiva Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara-māhātmya (origin account)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva pauses the itinerary and begins a solemn revelation: Devī leans in to listen; the atmosphere thickens with mythic time as the promised wonder is about to unfold.
FAQs
Sacred histories connected to holy places and divine acts are presented as purifying—hearing them with faith is itself a means of removing sin.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region), introduced through its māhātmya-style narration.
No explicit rite is stated here; the implied practice is śravaṇa—devotional listening to the purifying account.