Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पठ्यमानमिदं शुभम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā paṭhyamānamidaṃ śubham | sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
যি নৰ ভক্তিৰে পঠিত এই শুভ বৃত্তান্ত শুনে, সি সকলো পাপৰ পৰা মুক্ত হৈ ৰুদ্ৰলোকলৈ গমন কৰে।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Loṭaṇeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reciter chanting the māhātmya before a small assembly; sound-waves depicted as luminous syllables rising toward a Śiva-like celestial realm (Rudra-loka).
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a salvific practice, purifying sin and orienting the soul toward Rudra.
The Loṭaṇeśvara tīrtha narrative as a whole; the verse functions as its concluding phalaśruti.
Hearing the recitation (śravaṇa) of the auspicious māhātmya with bhakti.