Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101
शृणुयाद्वा नरो यश्च श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । सोऽपि मुच्येन्न सन्देहः पापाच्च दिवसोद्भवात्
śṛṇuyādvā naro yaśca śraddhāpūtena cetasā | so'pi mucyenna sandehaḥ pāpācca divasodbhavāt
Oder wer es mit einem durch Glauben geläuterten Geist hört, wird ebenfalls—ohne Zweifel—von den Tag für Tag angesammelten Sünden befreit.
Bṛhaspati
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Purāṇic frame; not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A devotee seated with folded hands listens to a Purāṇika reciting tīrtha-māhātmya; subtle dark stains (sins) dissolve into light around the listener’s heart.
FAQs
Śraddhā-filled listening is itself a purifying sādhana; receptive hearing of dharma reduces daily karmic stains.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it provides a general fruit of listening within the Mahatmya context.
Śravaṇa—listening to the teaching with faith and a purified mind.