Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87
ये कीर्तयंति मनुजाः परमेश्वरस्य माहात्म्यमेतदथ कर्णपुटैः पिबंति । ते जन्मकोटिकृतपापगणैर्विमुक्ताः शांताः प्रयांति परमं पदमिंदुमौलेः
ye kīrtayaṃti manujāḥ parameśvarasya māhātmyametadatha karṇapuṭaiḥ pibaṃti | te janmakoṭikṛtapāpagaṇairvimuktāḥ śāṃtāḥ prayāṃti paramaṃ padamiṃdumauleḥ
যে মানুষ পরমেশ্বরের এই মাহাত্ম্য কীর্তন করে এবং কর্ণপুটে তা পান করে, তারা কোটি জন্মের পাপসমূহ থেকে মুক্ত হয়ে শান্তিতে ইন্দুমৌলি শিবের পরম পদে গমন করে।
Purāṇic narrator (phalaśruti style)
Tirtha: Parameśvara-mahātmyā (as ‘śabda-tīrtha’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of devotees singing Śiva’s glory while others listen with rapt attention; above them, Śiva as Indumaule (moon-crested) radiates cool light, symbolizing the ‘parama pada’ reached through devotion.
FAQs
Hearing and chanting Śiva’s māhātmya purifies even vast karmic burdens and leads toward Śiva’s supreme state.
No single location is named; the verse glorifies the act of śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (praise) of Śiva’s greatness.
Kīrtana (praising) and śravaṇa (devout listening) of the māhātmya are prescribed as liberating practices.