सर्वपापहरः पुण्यः श्रुतमात्रो नरोत्तम । धन्यः पापहरो नित्यमित्येवं शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्
sarvapāpaharaḥ puṇyaḥ śrutamātro narottama | dhanyaḥ pāpaharo nityamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt
હે નરોત્તમ! આ પરમ પુણ્ય છે; માત્ર શ્રવણથી જ સર્વ પાપોનો નાશ કરે છે. આ ધન્ય છે, નિત્ય પાપહર છે—એમ શંકર (શિવ) બોલ્યા.
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating), quoting Śaṅkara (Śiva) as the original speaker
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya locus
Type: river
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (and/or the inquiring king addressed as nara-uttama)
Scene: Śiva (Śaṅkara) speaks a boon-like proclamation: the sacred account is ‘all-sin-destroying’ even by mere hearing; a reverent audience listens in a forest-āśrama setting.
In Purāṇic dharma, even śravaṇa (devout hearing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya can purify; divine testimony (Śiva’s words) seals its authority.
The tīrtha being praised in the adhyāya—Agni-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa: hearing the māhātmya itself is presented as a purifying practice.
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