Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50
सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं पुराणं रुद्रभाषितम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ rudrabhāṣitam | yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
രുദ്രൻ പ്രസ്താവിച്ച ഈ പുണ്യപുരാണം സർവ്വപാപഹരമാണ്. ഭക്തിയോടെ ഇത് ശ്രവിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യന് ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യഫലം ഇപ്പോൾ കേൾക്കുക.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (as a textual tīrtha) / Rudra-bhāṣita Purāṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira and the assembled sages/kinsmen (implied)
Scene: A sacred manuscript or oral recitation scene where Rudra’s words are invoked; listeners sit with devotion as a luminous aura suggests sin-destruction through sound.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to Śiva-sanctioned Purāṇic teaching is itself a purifier and a source of merit.
The broader Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred geography) is being framed as a sin-destroying revelation.
Śravaṇa—hearing the Purāṇa with bhakti—is presented as the key practice.