माहात्म्यं सर्वपापानां सद्यो नाशनकारकम् । मंगलं परमं ह्येतदायुष्यं कीर्तिवर्धनम् । रुद्रशीर्षस्य माहात्म्यं तस्माच्छ्रोतव्यमादरात्
māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ sadyo nāśanakārakam | maṃgalaṃ paramaṃ hyetadāyuṣyaṃ kīrtivardhanam | rudraśīrṣasya māhātmyaṃ tasmācchrotavyamādarāt
Dieses Māhātmya bewirkt die sofortige Vernichtung aller Sünden. Wahrlich, es ist höchst glückverheißend, lebensfördernd und ruhmvermehrend. Darum soll das Māhātmya des Rudraśīrṣa mit Ehrfurcht angehört werden.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa
Type: kshetra
Listener: ṛṣi/dvija assembly (implied)
Scene: A didactic proclamation: the narrator extols the Rudraśīrṣa-māhātmya as supremely auspicious; sages listen with folded hands, emphasizing ‘ādara’ (reverence).
Listening with reverence to sacred place-glories is itself a purifying spiritual practice with tangible merit.
The Rudraśīrṣa sacred site and its māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) of the Rudraśīrṣa māhātmya is explicitly prescribed.