Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
यश्चैतत्पुण्यमाख्यानं तस्य देवस्य संनिधौ । संपठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि सम्यक्छक्तिसमन्वितः
yaścaitatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ tasya devasya saṃnidhau | saṃpaṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi samyakchaktisamanvitaḥ
من كان ذا إيمانٍ صحيح وقدرةٍ روحيةٍ لائقة، فتلا هذه الحكاية المقدّسة ذات الفضل—أو استمع إليها—بحضرة ذلك الإله، نال ثمرتها المقدّسة كاملةً.
Pippalāda (as cited in this adhyāya’s refrain)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: general adhikārī (reciter/listener)
Scene: Devotees seated near the sanctum recite the māhātmya; one reads from a palm-leaf manuscript while others listen with folded hands; the liṅga is visible with lamps and incense.
FAQs
Hearing or reciting a tīrtha’s māhātmya in the deity’s presence yields complete merit when done with sincere faith and inner readiness.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (connected here with Kaṃsāreśvara) within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Recitation (pāṭha) or devotional listening (śravaṇa) of the sacred account in the deity’s proximity.