क्षीरोदं केशवो गच्छत्कालपृष्ठे निपातिते । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या चरितं दानवस्य च
kṣīrodaṃ keśavo gacchatkālapṛṣṭhe nipātite | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā caritaṃ dānavasya ca
Lorsque le démon eut été terrassé, Keśava se rendit à l’Océan de Lait. Quiconque, avec dévotion, écoute ce récit des actes du démon…
Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)
Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to sacred narratives is itself a dharmic act that yields spiritual merit.
The chapter belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa; the explicit tīrtha praise appears in the following verses for Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara.
Śravaṇa (hearing) of the sacred account with devotion.