Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
यश्चैतत्कीर्तयेद्भक्त्या शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः । इह भुक्त्वा सुविपुलान्भोगान्याति त्रिविष्टपम्
yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ | iha bhuktvā suvipulānbhogānyāti triviṣṭapam
Wer diesen Bericht in Hingabe rezitiert oder ihn mit gesammelt ruhigem Geist hört—genießt hier reichliche Wohlfahrt und gelangt nach Triviṣṭapa (in den Himmel).
Sūta (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration style; explicit speaker appears at 155.1 as Sūta)
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)
Scene: A gathered assembly in a tīrtha-town dharmaśālā: a reciter reads from a manuscript; listeners sit with closed eyes and folded hands; above, a subtle celestial vista indicates Triviṣṭapa as promised fruit.
FAQs
Devotional recitation and attentive listening to a tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves powerful dharmic acts that yield both worldly well-being and heavenly merit.
The verse functions as a phalaśruti for the Citreśvarīpīṭha-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa (listening) and kīrtana (recitation/proclamation) performed with bhakti and mental concentration.