Shloka 35
या गतिः पुण्यशीलानां यज्वनां च तपस्विनाम् । सा गतिस्सहसा तात पुराणश्रवणात्खलु
yā gatiḥ puṇyaśīlānāṃ yajvanāṃ ca tapasvinām | sā gatissahasā tāta purāṇaśravaṇātkhalu
いとしき者よ、徳ある者、供犠（ヤジュニャ）を行う者、苦行者が到達するその崇高なる境地は、まことにプラーナの聴聞によって直ちに得られる。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: General equivalence claim: Purāṇa-śravaṇa yields the same gati as puṇya-śīla (virtuous conduct), yajña-performers, and tapasvins—compressing arduous Vedic/ascetic paths into an accessible Kali-yuga upāya.
Significance: Validates householders and the spiritually weak: hearing Purāṇa can confer the ‘gati’ otherwise associated with sacrifice and austerity, emphasizing grace over capacity.
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the Shiva Purana can swiftly confer the same highest spiritual attainment that is otherwise reached through prolonged virtue, yajña, and tapas—because Purāṇic hearing awakens bhakti and right knowledge oriented to Pati (Shiva).
Hearing the Purana nurtures devotion to Saguna Shiva—especially the Linga as the accessible form of Pati—so the listener’s mind becomes steady in worship, remembrance, and surrender, which are praised as direct means to Shiva’s grace.
Regular Purāṇa-śravaṇa (listening/recitation) with reverence—ideally alongside Shiva-nāma japa (such as Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and simple worship—serves as the practical takeaway implied by the verse.