Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
स्कंदोपि नितरां तुष्टःश्रोतुरानंददर्शनात् । धन्योस्यगस्त्य धन्योसि श्रोतुं जानासि तत्त्वतः
skaṃdopi nitarāṃ tuṣṭaḥśroturānaṃdadarśanāt | dhanyosyagastya dhanyosi śrotuṃ jānāsi tattvataḥ
ശ്രോതാവിന്റെ ആനന്ദം കണ്ട സ്കന്ദനും അത്യന്തം തൃപ്തനായി. “അഗസ്ത്യാ, നീ ധന്യൻ—സത്യമായി ധന്യൻ; തത്ത്വാനുസാരമായി ശ്രവിക്കാൻ നീ അറിയുന്നു” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (addressed as śrotṛ)
Scene: Skanda, pleased, looks upon Agastya’s delighted face and blesses him, declaring him blessed for knowing how to listen in truth; a calm exchange of grace between teacher and sage.
FAQs
Right listening (śravaṇa) with joy and sincerity is itself a spiritual qualification that pleases the divine and leads to true understanding.
The setting remains Kāśī Māhātmya; the verse highlights the merit of hearing sacred teaching rather than a particular tīrtha.
Śravaṇa—attentive listening to sacred discourse—is implicitly upheld as a key devotional discipline.