Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
तदिदं वर्णितं तुभ्यं सर्वतीर्थफलं महत् । श्रुत्वैतदादितः पूर्वं पुमान्पापैः प्रमुच्यते
tadidaṃ varṇitaṃ tubhyaṃ sarvatīrthaphalaṃ mahat | śrutvaitadāditaḥ pūrvaṃ pumānpāpaiḥ pramucyate
Thus has this great “fruit of all tīrthas” been described to you. Whoever hears it from the beginning is freed from sins.
Narratorial voice within Sūta’s discourse (closing of the māhātmya segment)
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra / Staṃbhatīrtha māhātmya (as ‘sarvatīrtha-phala’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage narrates the ‘fruit of all tīrthas’ to an attentive listener; the words are visualized as purifying light washing away dark stains of sin, concluding the māhātmya with calm certainty.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifier and grants release from sin.
The broader narrative glorifies Guptakṣetra/Staṃbhatīrtha as conferring ‘sarvatīrtha-phala’.
Hearing the account from the beginning (āditaḥ) is prescribed as a spiritually efficacious act.