Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
एतद्वः कथितं सर्वं धर्मारण्यस्य चेष्टितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा गोघ्नो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dharmāraṇyasya ceṣṭitam | yacchrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
এইদৰে মই তোমালোকক ধৰ্মাৰণ্যৰ সকলো মহিমা আৰু পবিত্ৰ বৃত্তান্ত ক’লোঁ। ইয়াক শুনিলে ব্ৰাহ্মণহন্তা বা গোহন্তাও সকলো পাপ-পাতকৰ পৰা মুক্ত হয়।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator-sage concludes the Dharmāraṇya account to an assembly; listeners include remorseful figures symbolically representing brahmahā and go-ghna, shown being washed in light as the kathā is heard.
FAQs
The māhātmya of a sacred place is itself purifying; devoted hearing can loosen even the gravest bonds of sin.
Dharmāraṇya, whose narrated glory is said to liberate listeners from pātakas.
Śravaṇa—listening to the Dharmāraṇya māhātmya as a purificatory practice.