Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60
पठतां शृण्वतां चेममितिहासं पुरातनम् । नेहामुत्रापि वा क्लेशो दारिद्यं चापि नो भवेत्
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cemamitihāsaṃ purātanam | nehāmutrāpi vā kleśo dāridyaṃ cāpi no bhavet
ഈ പുരാതന പുണ്യചരിതം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുകയും ശ്രവിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്ക് ഇഹലോകത്തിലും പരലോകത്തിലും ക്ലേശമില്ല; ദാരിദ്ര്യവും ഉദിക്കുകയില്ല।
Sūta (deduced from immediate Setukhaṇḍa narrative style; explicit speaker appears at the opening of the next adhyāya)
Listener: Ṛṣis / dvijas / assembled śrotṛs (implied)
Scene: A recitation assembly: a sūta or paurāṇika seated on a vyāsapīṭha, listeners with folded hands; palm-leaf manuscripts; a tīrtha backdrop suggesting Setu/sea-shore sanctity; the atmosphere of blessing and protection from suffering and poverty.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) of Purāṇic sacred history are themselves dharma and generate protective merit that removes suffering.
The broader Setukhaṇḍa sacred geography (Setu/Rāma-setu region) is implied, though this verse functions mainly as a general phalaśruti.
Recitation and attentive listening to the sacred narrative (pāṭha and śravaṇa).
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