Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
श्रुत्वाध्यायमिमं पुण्यं सर्वाघहरणं परम् । प्रयाति परमं स्थानं मानवः श्रद्धयान्वितः
śrutvādhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvāghaharaṇaṃ param | prayāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ mānavaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ
Wer dieses heilige Kapitel hört, das erhaben alle Sünden tilgt, und es mit Glauben vernimmt, gelangt zur höchsten Wohnstatt.
Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A small assembly of listeners seated around a reciter reading a palm-leaf manuscript; behind them a faint vision of the sacred kṣetra appears, symbolizing that śravaṇa transports one inwardly to the tīrtha.
FAQs
Faithful listening to sacred Māhātmya discourse is itself a potent spiritual practice that purifies and uplifts.
The broader Dvārakā Māhātmya context is affirmed; the chapter’s hearing is praised as spiritually transformative.
Śravaṇa—devoutly hearing the chapter with śraddhā.