Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
श्रुत्वा पुराणमेतद्धि जन्मकोटिसमुद्भवात् । पातकाद्विप्रमुच्येत कुलानामुद्धरेच्छतम्
śrutvā purāṇametaddhi janmakoṭisamudbhavāt | pātakādvipramucyeta kulānāmuddharecchatam
En vérité, en entendant ce Purāṇa, on est promptement délivré des fautes accumulées au cours de dizaines de millions de naissances, et l’on relève cent générations de sa lignée.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: (Textual) Purāṇa-śravaṇa as tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (contextual)
Scene: A dramatic purification vision: dark smoke-like ‘pātaka’ forms dissolve as sacred sound waves emanate from the reciter; behind the listener stand translucent ancestors being lifted upward, symbolizing ‘kula-uddhāra’.
FAQs
Sacred hearing is presented as a purifier strong enough to erase deep karmic residue and to benefit one’s ancestors and descendants.
The purifying power is attributed to hearing the kṣetra-māhātmya narrative of Citreśvarīpīṭha/Hāṭakeśvara within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa of the Purāṇic māhātmya; the result is pāpa-kṣaya and kula-uddhāra.