Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 57
तत्र तीर्थे पुनर्वृत्तमितिहासं ब्रवीमि ते । सर्वपापहरं दिव्यमेकाग्रस्त्वं शृणुष्व तत्
tatra tīrthe punarvṛttamitihāsaṃ bravīmi te | sarvapāpaharaṃ divyamekāgrastvaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat
ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ പിന്നീടു വീണ്ടും സംഭവിച്ച ഒരു ഇതിഹാസം ഞാൻ നിന്നോട് പറയുന്നു; അത് ദിവ്യം, സർവ്വപാപഹരം—ഏകാഗ്രമായി കേൾക്കുക।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller voice within Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Bhārabhūti
Type: ghat
Scene: A narrator-sage addressing an attentive listener at the riverbank; the tīrtha visible behind them; a subtle divine glow around the spoken words, suggesting ‘divyam’ and ‘sarvapāpaharam’.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself purifying and is presented as a means to remove sins.
The tīrtha just named Bhārabhūti is the setting for the narrated itihāsa.
A devotional discipline is implied: ekāgratā (focused attention) while listening to the sacred account.