Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
नारद उवाच । अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि सोमनाथमहिं स्फुटम् । शृण्वन्यां कीर्त यिष्यामि पापमोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
nārada uvāca | athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi somanāthamahiṃ sphuṭam | śṛṇvanyāṃ kīrta yiṣyāmi pāpamokṣamavāpnuyāt
នារទៈបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ ឥឡូវនេះ ខ្ញុំនឹងពន្យល់យ៉ាងច្បាស់អំពីមហិមារបស់ សោមនាថ។ ខ្ញុំនឹងប្រកាសវា; អ្នកណាស្តាប់ នឹងទទួលបានការរំដោះពីបាប។
Nārada
Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada, vīṇā in hand, seated near a sacred shoreline/temple precinct, begins proclaiming Somnātha’s glory to attentive listeners; the sea breeze, temple spire, and liṅga sanctum are suggested in the background.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying dharma that destroys sin and turns the mind toward Śiva.
Somanātha—classically associated with Prabhāsa-kṣetra on the western coast (Gujarat) and celebrated as a major Śiva tīrtha.
Hearing (śravaṇa) and proclamation (kīrtana) of Somanātha māhātmya are stated as sin-destroying practices.