शुक्लतीर्थस्य यत्पुण्यं यथा देवाच्छ्रुतं मया । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या पुराणे विहितं फलम्
śuklatīrthasya yatpuṇyaṃ yathā devācchrutaṃ mayā | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā purāṇe vihitaṃ phalam
Das Verdienst des Śukla-Tīrtha — wie ich es von einem Gott vernommen habe: wer dies in Hingabe hört, diese im Purāṇa verheißene Frucht…
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) claiming divine-source transmission; addressing a king
Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan (king) and subsequent Purāṇa listeners
Scene: A storyteller recites the Purāṇic māhātmya to an attentive assembly; the river and Śukla Tīrtha appear as a vignette behind him, while a radiant deva figure symbolizes the divine source of the teaching.
Devotional listening to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that bestows the Purāṇa’s promised benefits.
Śukla Tīrtha.
Śravaṇa (hearing/recitation-listening) of the Purāṇic account with bhakti (devotion).