Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6
तस्य देवस्य चोत्पत्तिं शृणु पार्थ वदामि ते । शृण्वन्वा कीर्तयन्वापि प्रसादं भास्कराल्लभेत्
tasya devasya cotpattiṃ śṛṇu pārtha vadāmi te | śṛṇvanvā kīrtayanvāpi prasādaṃ bhāskarāllabhet
Hỡi Pārtha, hãy nghe ta kể về nguồn gốc của vị thần ấy. Chỉ cần lắng nghe—hoặc trì tụng—cũng được hưởng ân phúc của Bhāskara (Thái Dương).
Nārada
Tirtha: Jayāditya-sthāna (origin-kathā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: A sage/narrator addresses Pārtha, beginning the deity’s origin story; listeners sit in a semicircle, with a sun-emblem above, indicating that mere hearing grants Bhāskara’s grace.
FAQs
Purāṇic kathā (sacred narrative) is itself a practice: hearing or reciting it is said to attract divine grace.
Mahīnagaraka’s Jayāditya/Bhāskara setting, as the origin-story is introduced to magnify that locale’s sanctity.
Śravaṇa and kīrtana of the deity’s origin narrative to obtain Bhāskara’s prasāda.