Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
स्कंदोपि नितरां तुष्टःश्रोतुरानंददर्शनात् । धन्योस्यगस्त्य धन्योसि श्रोतुं जानासि तत्त्वतः
skaṃdopi nitarāṃ tuṣṭaḥśroturānaṃdadarśanāt | dhanyosyagastya dhanyosi śrotuṃ jānāsi tattvataḥ
Skanda too was exceedingly pleased on seeing the listener’s joy. “Blessed are you, Agastya—blessed indeed—for you know how to listen in accordance with truth.”
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (addressed as śrotṛ)
Scene: Skanda, pleased, looks upon Agastya’s delighted face and blesses him, declaring him blessed for knowing how to listen in truth; a calm exchange of grace between teacher and sage.
FAQs
Right listening (śravaṇa) with joy and sincerity is itself a spiritual qualification that pleases the divine and leads to true understanding.
The setting remains Kāśī Māhātmya; the verse highlights the merit of hearing sacred teaching rather than a particular tīrtha.
Śravaṇa—attentive listening to sacred discourse—is implicitly upheld as a key devotional discipline.