Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं श्रद्धया परया युतः । स मुच्येत्पातकात्सद्यः परदारसमुद्भवात्
yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | sa mucyetpātakātsadyaḥ paradārasamudbhavāt
អ្នកណាដែលស្តាប់រឿងនេះរៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ ដោយមានសទ្ធាខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ជាទីបំផុត—គេនឹងរួចផុតពីបាបភ្លាមៗ ដែលកើតពីការលួចស្នេហ៍ភរិយារបស់អ្នកដទៃ។
Purāṇic narrator stating the phalaśruti (benefit of hearing)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa (implied)
Scene: A devotee sits in a temple mandapa listening daily to the māhātmya; the atmosphere is penitential yet peaceful, with the Śiva-liṅga in the background symbolizing absolution through sincere hearing.
FAQs
Faithful listening to sacred māhātmya purifies grave moral faults and reinforces dharmic conduct.
The māhātmya being recited pertains to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthas (Gautameśvara, Ahilyeśvara, etc.).
Nitya-śravaṇa: hearing/recitation of this account daily with supreme faith.