Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
सर्वतीर्थमयं तीर्थं शूलभेदं जनेश्वर । श्रुते यस्य प्रभावे तु मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
sarvatīrthamayaṃ tīrthaṃ śūlabhedaṃ janeśvara | śrute yasya prabhāve tu mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
हे जनेश्वर, शूलभेद हे असे तीर्थ आहे की ज्यात सर्व तीर्थांचे सार आहे। याच्या प्रभावाचे केवळ श्रवण केले तरी मनुष्य सर्व महापातकांतून मुक्त होतो।
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Tirtha: Śūlabheda
Type: kshetra
Listener: janeśvara (king)
Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: many famous tīrthas symbolically converge into Śūlabheda, shown as a radiant center marked by a trident sign; listeners gathered around a reciter, freed from dark ‘pātaka’ shadows.
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Hearing and honoring sacred narratives (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a transformative practice in Purāṇic dharma.
Śūlabheda tīrtha, proclaimed as ‘sarvatīrthamaya’.
Śravaṇa (devotional listening to the site’s Mahatmya).