Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126
इति वो वर्णितः पुण्यो महीसागरसम्भवः । शृण्वन्संकीर्तयंश्चैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
iti vo varṇitaḥ puṇyo mahīsāgarasambhavaḥ | śṛṇvansaṃkīrtayaṃścaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
अशा प्रकारे तुम्हांला हा पुण्य ‘महीसागरसम्भव’ वर्णिला आहे. जो हे ऐकतो आणि जो याचे संकीर्तन करतो, तो सर्व पापांतून मुक्त होतो.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages/brāhmaṇas
Tirtha: Mahīsāgarasambhava
Type: tirtha
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (addressed earlier; ‘to you’ in plural)
Scene: A recitation gathering: a learned narrator chanting the māhātmya; listeners seated reverently; behind them a symbolic depiction of Mahīsāgarasambhava—water body or sacred emergence—glowing with sanctity.
FAQs
Hearing and reciting a kṣetra-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice that destroys sin.
The Mahīsāgarasambhava account/site within the Guptakṣetra–Koṭitīrtha–Mahīnagaraka cycle.
Śravaṇa (listening) and saṃkīrtana (public recitation/chanting) of the māhātmya.