Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या नारी वा त्विदमद्भुतम् । कुले तस्य भवेच्छ्रेयः कल्पांतेऽपि युधिष्ठिर
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā nārī vā tvidamadbhutam | kule tasya bhavecchreyaḥ kalpāṃte'pi yudhiṣṭhira
হে যুধিষ্ঠিৰ! পুৰুষ হওক বা নাৰী, যি জনে ভক্তিৰে এই আশ্চৰ্য কাহিনী শুনে, তেওঁৰ কুলত কল্পান্ত পৰ্যন্ত শ্ৰেয় আৰু মঙ্গল উদ্ভৱ হয়।
Vyāsa (deduced; addressing Yudhiṣṭhira explicitly)
Tirtha: Devakhāta (māhātmya being heard)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A mixed assembly of men and women seated in devotion, listening to a sacred narration; Yudhiṣṭhira is addressed, suggesting a royal listener. Above them, a symbolic kalpa-tree or cosmic horizon indicates ‘until kalpa-end’ welfare.
FAQs
Devotional listening to sacred narratives (māhātmya) is itself a potent dharmic act that uplifts both the listener and the lineage.
The immediate context remains the Devakhāta tīrtha being praised in Adhyāya 15.
Śravaṇa—hearing the wondrous māhātmya with devotion (bhaktyā).
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