Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43
येऽपि शृण्वन्ति भक्त्येदं कीर्त्यमानं महाफलम् । लभन्ते नात्र सन्देहः शिवस्य भुवनं हि ते
ye'pi śṛṇvanti bhaktyedaṃ kīrtyamānaṃ mahāphalam | labhante nātra sandehaḥ śivasya bhuvanaṃ hi te
Selbst jene, die dies in Hingabe hören, während es als von großer Frucht verkündet wird, gelangen—ohne jeden Zweifel—in die Welt Śivas.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (Rājan) and by extension all listeners
Scene: A recitation assembly by the river: a sage proclaims the Aṅkūreśvara māhātmya; listeners sit with folded hands, and above them a subtle vision of Śiva-loka as the promised fruit.
FAQs
Devotional listening to sacred praise (māhātmya) is itself a liberating practice, leading to Śiva’s abode.
The Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha māhātmya; the verse functions as its phalaśruti (promise of results).
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the māhātmya; implicitly, kīrtana/recitation as well.