Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50
सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं पुराणं रुद्रभाषितम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ rudrabhāṣitam | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
Ce saint Purāṇa, proclamé par Rudra, détruit tous les péchés. Écoute maintenant le fruit de mérite qu’obtient celui qui l’entend avec dévotion.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (as a textual tīrtha) / Rudra-bhāṣita Purāṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira and the assembled sages/kinsmen (implied)
Scene: A sacred manuscript or oral recitation scene where Rudra’s words are invoked; listeners sit with devotion as a luminous aura suggests sin-destruction through sound.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to Śiva-sanctioned Purāṇic teaching is itself a purifier and a source of merit.
The broader Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) is being framed as a sin-destroying revelation.
Śravaṇa—hearing the Purāṇa with bhakti—is presented as the key practice.