इति सर्वं समासेन माहात्म्यं शुक्रदैवतम् । कथितं तव सुश्रोणि श्रुतं पापभयापहम्
iti sarvaṃ samāsena māhātmyaṃ śukradaivatam | kathitaṃ tava suśroṇi śrutaṃ pāpabhayāpaham
یوں، اے خوشکمر خاتون، میں نے تم سے شُکر دیوتا کی ساری مہاتمیا اختصار سے کہہ دی؛ اسے محض سن لینا ہی گناہ اور خوف کو دور کر دیتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from narrative; address to Devī)
Tirtha: Śukreśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (addressed as suśroṇi)
Scene: A concluding teaching scene: Īśvara (or narrator) addressing Devī with affectionate epithet, indicating that the Śukreśvara-māhātmya has been summarized; the atmosphere is calm, devotional, and protective (fear dispelled).
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself meritorious and dispels inner fear and karmic impurity.
Prabhāsakṣetra through the Śukreśvara-related māhātmya.
Śravaṇa—listening to the māhātmya with faith (a standard Purāṇic observance).