Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
श्रृणुयात्स्कंदचरितं महाधनपतिर्भवेत् । बालानां व्याधिदुष्टानां राजद्वारोपसेविनाम्
śrṛṇuyātskaṃdacaritaṃ mahādhanapatirbhavet | bālānāṃ vyādhiduṣṭānāṃ rājadvāropasevinām
بسماع سيرة سكاندا وأفعاله، قد يصير المرءُ سيدًا عظيمَ الثراء. (وهذا السرد نافعٌ خاصةً) للأطفال، ولمن ابتُلوا بالمرض، ولمن يلزمهم قصدُ أبواب البلاط الملكي وخدمتها.
Sūta (deduced) presenting targeted phalaśruti
Tirtha: Skanda-carita śravaṇa (as a ‘moving tīrtha’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A healer-like recitation scene: children and sick devotees sit near a narrator; a court-servant listens with folded hands; Skanda’s vel symbolically bestows wealth and protection.
FAQs
Devotional hearing of Skanda’s deeds is portrayed as a practical dharmic support—granting prosperity and easing worldly anxieties.
No single tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on Skanda-carita śravaṇa as a universally efficacious practice within this section.
Śravaṇa (listening) to Skanda-carita is recommended, with special applicability for vulnerable groups (children, the sick, those under court pressures).