Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28
अत्रानुवर्ण्यते सद्भिरितिहासः पुरातनः । असकृद्वा सकृद्वापि शृण्वतां मंगलप्रदः
atrānuvarṇyate sadbhiritihāsaḥ purātanaḥ | asakṛdvā sakṛdvāpi śṛṇvatāṃ maṃgalapradaḥ
ഇവിടെ സദ്ജനങ്ങൾ ഒരു പുരാതന പാവന ഇതിഹാസം വിവരണം ചെയ്യുന്നു. പലവട്ടമോ ഒരുവട്ടമോ കേട്ടാലും, ശ്രോതാക്കൾക്ക് ഇത് മംഗളം നൽകുന്നു.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa framing)
Listener: Listeners/assembly (contextual)
Scene: A circle of sages and householders seated in a tīrtha-side pavilion listening to an elder reciter reading from palm-leaf manuscripts; the air is calm, with lamps and incense signifying maṅgala.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) itself is a meritorious practice that confers auspiciousness.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse introduces an upcoming ancient narrative.
Listen to the Purāṇic account—once or repeatedly—for maṅgala (auspicious benefit).