Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
यः शृणोति महादेवि माहात्म्यं दैवदेवतम् । मूर्खो वा पंडितो वाऽपि स याति परमां गतिम्
yaḥ śṛṇoti mahādevi māhātmyaṃ daivadevatam | mūrkho vā paṃḍito vā'pi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
Hỡi Mahādevī, ai nghe sự vĩ đại thiêng liêng này—dù ngu muội hay uyên bác—đều đạt đến cứu cánh tối thượng.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vṛṣabheśvara/Kalpaliṅga māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva assures Devī that anyone—fool or scholar—who hears the divine māhātmya attains the supreme goal; the scene emphasizes listening: sages, common folk, and pilgrims seated together, sound-waves of mantra-like narration flowing toward a radiant liṅga.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devotional listening) to a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a liberating practice, accessible to all regardless of scholarship.
The māhātmya being heard concerns Vṛṣabheśvara/Kalpaliṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Śravaṇa—listening attentively to the māhātmya as a devotional observance.