Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
यश्चैतत्पठते नित्यं शृणुयाद्वा प्रभक्तितः । न स्यात्तस्य कुलच्छेदः कदाचिदपि भूतले
yaścaitatpaṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādvā prabhaktitaḥ | na syāttasya kulacchedaḥ kadācidapi bhūtale
যে ব্যক্তি এটি নিত্য পাঠ করে অথবা পরম ভক্তিতে শ্রবণ করে, তার বংশধারা পৃথিবীতে কখনও ছিন্ন হয় না।
Sūta
Listener: assembled ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas
Scene: A household or āśrama scene: a devotee recites from a manuscript daily while family members listen; an unseen protective aura encircles the lineage—symbolized by an unbroken lamp-flame or a continuous sacred thread.
FAQs
Steady devotion expressed through recitation or attentive listening is said to safeguard household continuity and welfare.
The verse functions as a general phalaśruti within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative, not a site-specific praise line.
Nitya-paṭhana (daily recitation) or śravaṇa (hearing) of the sacred passage with prabhakti (great devotion).
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