माहात्म्यं सर्वपापानां सद्यो नाशनकारकम् । मंगलं परमं ह्येतदायुष्यं कीर्तिवर्धनम् । रुद्रशीर्षस्य माहात्म्यं तस्माच्छ्रोतव्यमादरात्
māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ sadyo nāśanakārakam | maṃgalaṃ paramaṃ hyetadāyuṣyaṃ kīrtivardhanam | rudraśīrṣasya māhātmyaṃ tasmācchrotavyamādarāt
ಈ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವು ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಗಳನ್ನು ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ನಾಶಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಪರಮ ಮಂಗಳಕರ, ಆಯುಷ್ಯವರ್ಧಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೀರ್ತಿವರ್ಧಕ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ರುದ್ರಶೀರ್ಷ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಆದರಿಸಿ ಕೇಳಬೇಕು.
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta continuing the Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa
Type: kshetra
Listener: ṛṣi/dvija assembly (implied)
Scene: A didactic proclamation: the narrator extols the Rudraśīrṣa-māhātmya as supremely auspicious; sages listen with folded hands, emphasizing ‘ādara’ (reverence).
Listening with reverence to sacred place-glories is itself a purifying spiritual practice with tangible merit.
The Rudraśīrṣa sacred site and its māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) of the Rudraśīrṣa māhātmya is explicitly prescribed.
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