Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
तदिदं वर्णितं तुभ्यं सर्वतीर्थफलं महत् । श्रुत्वैतदादितः पूर्वं पुमान्पापैः प्रमुच्यते
tadidaṃ varṇitaṃ tubhyaṃ sarvatīrthaphalaṃ mahat | śrutvaitadāditaḥ pūrvaṃ pumānpāpaiḥ pramucyate
ഇങ്ങനെ നിനക്കു സർവ്വതീർത്ഥഫലമായ ഈ മഹത്തായ വിവരണം പറഞ്ഞു. ഇത് ആദിമുതൽ ശ്രവിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനാകും॥
Narratorial voice within Sūta’s discourse (closing of the māhātmya segment)
Tirtha: Guptakṣetra / Staṃbhatīrtha māhātmya (as ‘sarvatīrtha-phala’)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage narrates the ‘fruit of all tīrthas’ to an attentive listener; the words are visualized as purifying light washing away dark stains of sin, concluding the māhātmya with calm certainty.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifier and grants release from sin.
The broader narrative glorifies Guptakṣetra/Staṃbhatīrtha as conferring ‘sarvatīrtha-phala’.
Hearing the account from the beginning (āditaḥ) is prescribed as a spiritually efficacious act.