Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
गालव उवाच । शृणु विस्तरतो भेदान्पुराणोक्तान्वदामि ते । याञ्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यतेऽवश्यं मनुजः सर्वकिल्बिषात्
gālava uvāca | śṛṇu vistarato bhedānpurāṇoktānvadāmi te | yāñchrutvā mucyate'vaśyaṃ manujaḥ sarvakilbiṣāt
Gālava sprach: „Höre: Ich werde dir ausführlich die in den Purāṇas genannten Unterschiede darlegen; wer sie hört, wird gewiss von aller Sünde befreit.“
Gālava
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Paijavana
Scene: Gālava raises his hand in teaching gesture, promising detailed enumeration from Purāṇas; Paijavana listens intently; the atmosphere suggests certainty of purification through sacred discourse.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of Purāṇic dharma—especially about sacred worship—has purifying power and removes sin.
The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting continues; Śāligrāma sanctity remains the thematic focus.
Śravaṇa: listening attentively to the Purāṇic description of Śāligrāma varieties.