श्रुत्वाध्यायानिमान्पुण्यान्द्वादशादित्यसूचकान् । श्रावयित्वापि नो मर्त्यो दुर्गतिं याति कुत्रचित्
śrutvādhyāyānimānpuṇyāndvādaśādityasūcakān | śrāvayitvāpi no martyo durgatiṃ yāti kutracit
مَن سمع هذه الفصول المباركة المُثْمِرة التي تُعلِن الآدِتْيَات الاثني عشر—بل وحتى أسمعها لغيره—فلا يذهب أيُّ بشرٍ إلى مصيرٍ سيّئٍ في أيِّ موضع.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dvādaśāditya (Twelve Ādityas) proclamation in Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/devotees
Scene: A formal recitation of the ‘Twelve Ādityas’ chapters: a reciter on a dais, listeners gathered; above them, twelve solar forms arranged in a mandala, signifying protection from durgati.
Sacred listening and transmitting (hearing and making others hear) is dharma that yields protective merit against downfall.
The broader Kāśī sacred framework is assumed; the verse especially glorifies the Dvādāśāditya-focused chapters connected with Kāśī’s sanctity.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and śrāvaṇa/parāyaṇa (recitation for others) of these puṇya adhyāyas.