Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 151
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातमाख्यानं पापनाशनम् । कपालेश्वरदेवस्य शृण्वतां पठतां नृणाम्
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātamākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam | kapāleśvaradevasya śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatāṃ nṛṇām
អ្វីៗទាំងនេះបានប្រាប់ដល់អ្នករួចហើយ—រឿងព្រះកថាដ៏បំផ្លាញបាប នៃព្រះកបាលេឝ្វរៈ សម្រាប់មនុស្សដែលស្តាប់ និងសម្រាប់អ្នកដែលអានសូត្រវា។
Narrator
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara (within Hāṭakeśvara/Vātakeśvara-kṣetra complex)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed to a plural audience (‘voḥ’)—disciples/pilgrims/brāhmaṇas in the frame narrative
Scene: A sage concludes the account, blessing listeners and reciters; Kapāleśvara’s presence is implied—liṅga, lamps, and attentive devotees in a tīrtha assembly.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and paṭhana (recitation) of a tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves purifying acts in Purāṇic dharma.
Kapāleśvara associated with Kapālamocana tīrtha in the Vātakeśvara-kṣetra tradition.
Listening to and reciting the Kapāleśvara Māhātmya (parāyaṇa/śravaṇa) as a sin-destroying practice.