Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
सूत उवाच । एतद्वः कथितं विप्रा लोहासुरविचेष्टितम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्महा गोघ्नो मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
sūta uvāca | etadvaḥ kathitaṃ viprā lohāsuraviceṣṭitam | yacchrutvā brahmahā goghno mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
सूत म्हणाले—हे विप्रहो! लोहासुराशी संबंधित हे चरित्र मी तुम्हाला सांगितले. हे एकदा ऐकले तरी ब्रह्महत्यारा किंवा गोहत्यारा देखील सर्व पापांतून मुक्त होतो.
Sūta
Tirtha: Lohāsura-vicēṣṭita (Lohayaṣṭī context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis)
Scene: Sūta seated in a forest hermitage assembly, addressing attentive brāhmaṇas; the tale of Lohāsura is symbolized behind him as a subdued demon figure dissolving into light, indicating sin-release through hearing.
FAQs
Reverent listening to tīrtha-māhātmya and Purāṇic narration is itself a purifier with vast atonement power.
The Lohayaṣṭī/Lohāsura-associated tīrtha complex described in this Dharmāraṇya section.
Śravaṇa (hearing) of the Lohāsura account is presented as a powerful means of purification.