क्षीरोदं केशवो गच्छत्कालपृष्ठे निपातिते । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या चरितं दानवस्य च
kṣīrodaṃ keśavo gacchatkālapṛṣṭhe nipātite | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā caritaṃ dānavasya ca
દાનવ પાતિત થતાં કેશવ ક્ષીરસાગર તરફ ગયા. જે ભક્તિપૂર્વક આ દાનવચરિત્રનું શ્રવણ કરે છે…
Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)
Listener: Rājā (O King)
Scene: Keśava, after felling a demon, departs across a cosmic expanse toward the Ocean of Milk; sages/kingly audience listens as the narrator transitions from battle to tīrtha-māhātmya.
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.
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