Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । शृणुष्वैकमना भूत्वा तीर्थात्तीर्थान्तरं महत् । श्रुते यस्य प्रभावे तु मुच्यते चाब्दिकादघात्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | śṛṇuṣvaikamanā bhūtvā tīrthāttīrthāntaraṃ mahat | śrute yasya prabhāve tu mucyate cābdikādaghāt
ມາຣະກັນເດຍ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຈົ່ງຟັງດ້ວຍໃຈທີ່ຈົດຈໍເປັນໜຶ່ງ—ມີຕີຣຖະອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ເຫນືອກວ່າຕີຣຖະທັງປວງ. ແຕ່ພຽງໄດ້ຍິນອານຸພາບຂອງມັນ ກໍພົ້ນໄດ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ບາບທີ່ເຮັດດ້ວຍວາຈາ.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: A king (bhūpati/mahīpati)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya addresses a king, urging single-pointed listening; the Revā’s sacred ambience is implied as the narrative gateway to a supreme tīrtha.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-mahātmya is itself transformative—purifying even subtle sins of speech.
A ‘mahat tīrtha’ described as surpassing other tīrthas; its specific name is not stated in this verse.
Single-minded listening (śravaṇa) to the account of the tīrtha’s prabhāva is recommended as a purificatory practice.
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