Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वदुःखक्षयो भवेत् । तां विद्यां कीर्तयिष्यामि शृणुध्वं विप्रपुंगवाः
yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa sarvaduḥkhakṣayo bhavet | tāṃ vidyāṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ viprapuṃgavāḥ
Vidyā suci itu—yang hanya dengan mengingatnya segala duka lara musnah—kini akan aku maklumkan. Dengarkanlah, wahai para Brahmana yang terkemuka.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Listener: Viprapuṅgavas (foremost brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A sage addresses an assembly of eminent brāhmaṇas, announcing a sorrow-destroying Vidyā; the moment is solemn, anticipatory, and initiatory.
FAQs
Even simple remembrance (smaraṇa) of a truly sacred Vidyā is portrayed as spiritually potent—capable of dissolving suffering—so the text urges attentive listening and transmission.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a lead-in to a Vidyā-māhātmya passage rather than a direct sthala-māhātmya statement.
The practice implied is smaraṇa (remembrance) and śravaṇa (reverent listening) of the Vidyā; no dāna, snāna, or vrata is explicitly stated in this line.