Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं सावित्रीशमहोदयम् । शृणुयाद्यस्तु मतिमान्स मुक्तः पातकैर्भवेत्
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ sāvitrīśamahodayam | śṛṇuyādyastu matimānsa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet
Như vậy, tóm lược mà nói, đã tuyên thuyết sự tôn vinh lớn lao của Sāvitrīśa. Ai có trí mà lắng nghe, người ấy sẽ được giải thoát khỏi tội lỗi.
Narrator
Tirtha: Sāvitrīśa/Sāvitrīśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience implied; framed within Devī-addressed narration
Scene: A small assembly of pilgrims seated near a shrine and pond, listening to a reciter reading the Sāvitrīśa mahatmya; a subtle aura of cleansing light surrounds listeners; the shrine of Śaṅkara stands behind.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to a kṣetra’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that purifies and reforms the listener.
Sāvitrīśa’s sacred presence within Prabhāsakṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa-associated māhātmya).
Śravaṇa—hearing/recitation-listening of the māhātmya—is presented as the effective practice.