Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
यश्चैतत्पुण्यमाख्यानं तस्य देवस्य संनिधौ । संपठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि सम्यक्छक्तिसमन्वितः
yaścaitatpuṇyamākhyānaṃ tasya devasya saṃnidhau | saṃpaṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi samyakchaktisamanvitaḥ
Wer, mit rechter Hingabe und entsprechender geistiger Kraft, diese heilige und verdienstvolle Erzählung in der Gegenwart jener Gottheit rezitiert — oder auch nur anhört — erlangt ihren vollen heiligen Lohn.
Pippalāda (as cited in this adhyāya’s refrain)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: general adhikārī (reciter/listener)
Scene: Devotees seated near the sanctum recite the māhātmya; one reads from a palm-leaf manuscript while others listen with folded hands; the liṅga is visible with lamps and incense.
FAQs
Hearing or reciting a tīrtha’s māhātmya in the deity’s presence yields complete merit when done with sincere faith and inner readiness.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (connected here with Kaṃsāreśvara) within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Recitation (pāṭha) or devotional listening (śravaṇa) of the sacred account in the deity’s proximity.