Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8
शृण्वतां शूलिनो गाथां तथा कीर्तयतां सताम् । तेषां पादरजांस्येव तीर्थानि मुनयो जगुः
śṛṇvatāṃ śūlino gāthāṃ tathā kīrtayatāṃ satām | teṣāṃ pādarajāṃsyeva tīrthāni munayo jaguḥ
Des vertueux qui écoutent le récit du Porteur du Trident et le chantent pareillement, les sages ont proclamé que même la poussière de leurs pieds devient un tīrtha, un gué sacré.
Narrator/Teacher within Brahmottara Khaṇḍa (contextual; not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Pāda-rajas of Śiva-bhaktas (portable tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of serene sages and householders listening to a Śiva-gāthā; a radiant Śiva-bhakta’s feet touch the earth, and the dust rises like a luminous tīrtha-stream blessing onlookers.
FAQs
Devotees who listen and sing Śiva’s glories become living tīrthas; their presence sanctifies space.
The verse universalizes tīrtha: the devotees’ foot-dust is proclaimed to be itself a tīrtha.
Śravaṇa (listening) and kīrtana (praising/chanting) of Śiva’s narrative are explicitly recommended.