Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96
यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यं श्रद्धया परया युतः । स मुच्येत्पातकात्सद्यः परदारसमुद्भवात्
yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | sa mucyetpātakātsadyaḥ paradārasamudbhavāt
പരമശ്രദ്ധയോടെ നിത്യമായി ഇത് ശ്രവിക്കുന്നവൻ, പരദാരസംബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉടൻ മോചിതനാകും।
Purāṇic narrator stating the phalaśruti (benefit of hearing)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa (implied)
Scene: A devotee sits in a temple mandapa listening daily to the māhātmya; the atmosphere is penitential yet peaceful, with the Śiva-liṅga in the background symbolizing absolution through sincere hearing.
FAQs
Faithful listening to sacred māhātmya purifies grave moral faults and reinforces dharmic conduct.
The māhātmya being recited pertains to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthas (Gautameśvara, Ahilyeśvara, etc.).
Nitya-śravaṇa: hearing/recitation of this account daily with supreme faith.