Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
अरुणादित्यमाहात्म्यं यः श्रोष्यति नरोत्तमः । न तस्य दुष्कृतं किंचिद्भविष्यति कदाचन
aruṇādityamāhātmyaṃ yaḥ śroṣyati narottamaḥ | na tasya duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcidbhaviṣyati kadācana
അരുണാദിത്യ മഹാത്മ്യം ശ്രവിക്കുന്ന ഉത്തമനരന് ഒരിക്കലും യാതൊരു ദുഷ്കൃത്യവും ഉദിക്കുകയില്ല।
Skanda (deduced; closing phalaśruti tone)
Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A small assembly in Kāśī listening to a paurāṇika recite Aruṇāditya’s glory; the listeners appear uplifted, with dawn light entering the space as a symbol of inner purification.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of a deity’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic practice that purifies intention and steers one away from wrongdoing.
Aruṇāditya’s sacred tradition as preserved in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Vārāṇasī-centered māhātmya).
Śravaṇa—listening to (or recitation/hearing of) the Aruṇāditya Māhātmya.