Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168
श्रृणोतीदं श्रद्धया यस्तस्य तुष्येश्च भास्करः । धारयन्हृदये मोक्षंमुच्यते भवसागरात्
śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ | dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt
Quiconque écoute ceci avec foi, le Soleil (Bhāskara) s’en trouve satisfait. En gardant dans le cœur cet enseignement de délivrance, on est libéré de l’océan du saṃsāra.
Deductive (contextual): Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Purūravāditya-tīrtha (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees sit in attentive listening as a reciter chants the māhātmya; above, Bhāskara radiates approving light; one listener holds the teaching ‘in the heart,’ depicted as a lotus within the chest, while waves of saṃsāra recede.
FAQs
Faithful listening and inner retention of dharma-teachings leads toward liberation from saṃsāra.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general phalaśruti to the preceding narrative.
Śravaṇa (listening with faith) and dhāraṇā (keeping the teaching in the heart/mind).