Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92
कथया सिध्यति ध्यानं ध्यानात्कैवल्यमुत्तमम् । असिद्धपरमध्यानः कथामेतां शृणोति यः । सोऽन्यजन्मनि संप्राप्य ध्यानं याति परां गतिम्
kathayā sidhyati dhyānaṃ dhyānātkaivalyamuttamam | asiddhaparamadhyānaḥ kathāmetāṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ | so'nyajanmani saṃprāpya dhyānaṃ yāti parāṃ gatim
सत्कथेमुळे ध्यान सिद्ध होते आणि ध्यानातून उत्तम कैवल्य प्राप्त होते। जो अजून परम ध्यानात असिद्ध आहे, तो ही कथा ऐकतो तर अन्य जन्मी फल प्राप्त करून ध्यानास पोहोचून परम गतीला जातो।
Brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
Scene: Three-step visual: (1) devotee listening to kathā, (2) same devotee in deep meditation, (3) a radiant solitary light symbolizing kaivalya; a subtle ‘next birth’ transition shown as a new figure continuing the same practice thread.
FAQs
Sacred listening matures into meditation, meditation culminates in liberation, and even incomplete practitioners gain progress that can ripen across future births.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the spiritual method (kathā and dhyāna) rather than a location.
Śravaṇa (listening) to this kathā is prescribed as a sādhanā that supports dhyāna and ultimately liberation.