Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 186
एतत्पुण्यं पापहरं कथितं ते नृपोत्तम । भारतेदं महाख्यानं शृणु चैव ततः परम्
etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ kathitaṃ te nṛpottama | bhāratedaṃ mahākhyānaṃ śṛṇu caiva tataḥ param
Ô meilleur des rois, ce récit méritoire, destructeur des péchés, t’a été exposé. Écoute maintenant la suite de cette grande narration gardée dans la tradition du Bhārata.
Mārkaṇḍeya (explicitly named at the start of the next adhyāya)
Tirtha: रेवा-खण्ड (समष्टि माहात्म्य)
Type: kshetra
Listener: नृपोत्तम (राजा)
Scene: ऋषि कथावाचक राजसभा/आश्रम में राजा को ‘पापहर’ माहात्म्य सुनाकर आगे की ‘महाख्यान’ कथा का आमंत्रण देता है
FAQs
Hearing and preserving tīrtha-māhātmya is itself meritorious and is framed as a means to cleanse sin.
It concludes the immediately preceding tīrtha praise and transitions to the next sacred account.
Śravaṇa (devotional listening) is implied: the king is instructed to listen to the subsequent sacred narrative.