Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
गालव उवाच । शृणु विस्तरतो भेदान्पुराणोक्तान्वदामि ते । याञ्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यतेऽवश्यं मनुजः सर्वकिल्बिषात्
gālava uvāca | śṛṇu vistarato bhedānpurāṇoktānvadāmi te | yāñchrutvā mucyate'vaśyaṃ manujaḥ sarvakilbiṣāt
ガーラヴァは言った。「聞きなさい。プラーナに説かれた種々の別相を、あなたに詳しく語ろう。それを聞く者は、人であっても必ず一切の罪過から解き放たれる。」
Gālava
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Paijavana
Scene: Gālava raises his hand in teaching gesture, promising detailed enumeration from Purāṇas; Paijavana listens intently; the atmosphere suggests certainty of purification through sacred discourse.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of Purāṇic dharma—especially about sacred worship—has purifying power and removes sin.
The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting continues; Śāligrāma sanctity remains the thematic focus.
Śravaṇa: listening attentively to the Purāṇic description of Śāligrāma varieties.