Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
इदं पुराणं मनुजः शृणोति श्रद्धायुक्तो भेदबुद्ध्या दृढत्वम् । तस्या वश्यं जीवितं सर्वसिद्धं मर्त्याः सत्यात्तच्छ्रयत्वं प्रयांति
idaṃ purāṇaṃ manujaḥ śṛṇoti śraddhāyukto bhedabuddhyā dṛḍhatvam | tasyā vaśyaṃ jīvitaṃ sarvasiddhaṃ martyāḥ satyāttacchrayatvaṃ prayāṃti
Wer als Mensch dieses Purāṇa mit Glauben und festem Unterscheidungsvermögen hört, erlangt Herrschaft über das Leben und die Vollendung aller Siddhis; durch die Kraft der Wahrheit gelangen Sterbliche dazu, bei jener höchsten Stütze Zuflucht zu nehmen.
Narrator
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (as the māhātmya being heard)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A gathered audience listens to Purāṇa recitation with focused faith; a luminous ‘truth-power’ motif suggests refuge in the highest support, while siddhis are symbolically represented (lotus, conch, discus, trident) as inner attainments.
FAQs
Faithful listening to sacred narrative (śravaṇa) is itself a dharmic practice that yields spiritual steadiness and merit.
This is a general phalaśruti within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya/Cāturmāsya frame, not a single tīrtha description.
Purāṇa-śravaṇa (listening/recitation) with śraddhā and discernment is the implied practice.