Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 151
नरः श्रुत्वैतदाख्यानं खखोल्कादित्यसंभवम् । गरुडेशेन सहितं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
naraḥ śrutvaitadākhyānaṃ khakholkādityasaṃbhavam | garuḍeśena sahitaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
যে ব্যক্তি আদিত্য-সম্পর্কে উৎপন্ন খখোল্কের, গরুড়েশসহ, এই পবিত্র আখ্যান শ্রবণ করে, সে সকল পাপ থেকে মুক্ত হয়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Khakholka (within Paiśaṃgila tīrtha, Kāśī)
Type: tirtha
Listener: null
Scene: A small assembly of devotees seated near a Kāśī shrine as a paurāṇika reciter narrates the Khakholka-Āditya-Garuḍa account; sound waves depicted as luminous garlands removing dark stains from listeners.
FAQs
Listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice, capable of removing sin.
The verse continues the glorification of the Khakholka-related tradition within Kāśī’s sacred landscape (linked to Paiśaṃgila in the preceding verse).
Śravaṇa—hearing the māhātmya/narrative—is the stated practice and its fruit is freedom from sins.