प्रादुर्भावमिमं कौर्म्यं येऽधीयन्ते द्विजोत्तमाः । येऽपि शृण्वन्ति विद्वांसो मुच्यन्ते तेऽपि किल्बिषैः
prādurbhāvamimaṃ kaurmyaṃ ye'dhīyante dvijottamāḥ | ye'pi śṛṇvanti vidvāṃso mucyante te'pi kilbiṣaiḥ
હે દ્વિજોત્તમ, જે આ કૂર્મ-પ્રાદુર્ભાવનું વર્ણન અધ્યયન કરે છે, અને જે વિદ્વાન માત્ર તેને સાંભળે છે—તેઓ પણ નિશ્ચયે પાપોથી મુક્ત થાય છે.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Kūrma-prādurbhāva-kathā (as narrative-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijottama addressed; also the king in the frame narrative
Scene: A learned assembly of dvijas listens as the Kūrma manifestation account is recited; the atmosphere is calm, scholastic, and purifying, with the promise of release from sins for listeners and students alike.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and adhyayana (study/recitation) of sacred Purāṇic narratives are themselves purifying acts that destroy sin.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the universal merit of hearing/studying the Kūrma-manifestation account within the Revā-khaṇḍa context.
The implied practice is śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha/adhyayana (recitation/study) of the passage for removal of sins.
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