Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
यश्चैतां विमलादित्यकथां वै शृणुयान्नरः । प्राप्नोति निर्मलां शुद्धिं त्यज्यते च मनोमलैः
yaścaitāṃ vimalādityakathāṃ vai śṛṇuyānnaraḥ | prāpnoti nirmalāṃ śuddhiṃ tyajyate ca manomalaiḥ
जो मनुष्य विमलादित्य की इस पावन कथा को सुनता है, वह निष्कलंक शुद्धि प्राप्त करता है और मन के मल से मुक्त हो जाता है।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Vimalāditya-kathā (māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee audience/pilgrims
Scene: A small assembly in Kāśī listens to a reciter narrating Vimalāditya’s story; listeners’ faces soften, with a visual motif of dark smoke-like ‘mano-mala’ dissipating into light.
FAQs
Hearing (śravaṇa) of tīrtha and deity-mahātmya is itself a purifying dharmic practice that cleanses inner defilements.
Vimalāditya’s sacred presence in Kāśī is implied through the kathā (glorifying narrative).
Śravaṇa—listening to the Vimalāditya-kathā—is presented as the recommended practice.