Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
यश्चैतत्तु पठेन्नित्यं तृतीयायां विशेषतः । शृणुयाद्वाऽपि यो भक्त्या स कामानखिलाल्लंभेत्
yaścaitattu paṭhennityaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | śṛṇuyādvā'pi yo bhaktyā sa kāmānakhilāllaṃbhet
اور جو کوئی اس کا روزانہ پاٹھ کرے—خصوصاً تیسری تِتھی کو—یا جو بھکتی سے اسے سنے، وہ اپنی تمام مطلوبہ مرادیں پا لیتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter-context; explicit speaker appears at Adhyāya 60 opening)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya (Rudra-Śakti-traya context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee recites from a palm-leaf manuscript on Tṛtīyā night/day; others sit listening with folded hands; the words appear as luminous syllables rising toward the Devi/Śiva shrine.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through recitation or attentive listening to māhātmya-texts is itself a potent sādhana that yields fulfillment of aims.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, through its māhātmya (context of Adhyāya 59).
Regular pāṭha (recitation) and śravaṇa (devotional listening), with special emphasis on Tṛtīyā tithi.