Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
सूत उवाच । शृण्वन्तु मुनयः सर्वे माहात्म्यमिदमुत्तमम् । येन संश्रुतमात्रेण नश्येत्पापं दिनोद्भवम्
sūta uvāca | śṛṇvantu munayaḥ sarve māhātmyamidamuttamam | yena saṃśrutamātreṇa naśyetpāpaṃ dinodbhavam
Sūta sprach: „Mögen alle Weisen dieses erhabene Māhātmya vernehmen; schon durch bloßes Hören wird die Sünde, die Tag für Tag entsteht, vernichtet.“
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: munayaḥ (sages)
Scene: Sūta’s son begins the narration; sages lean forward in attentive listening; a subtle aura of purification is suggested—dark wisps (sins) dissolving into the air as the words are spoken.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to sacred māhātmyas is itself a purifier and a dharmic practice that burns daily sins.
The verse praises the māhātmya in general; the specific tīrtha context lies in the surrounding Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative.
Listening attentively to the māhātmya as a purificatory observance.