Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं चन्द्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चापि सर्वपातकनाशनम्
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ candramāhātmyamuttamam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvapātakanāśanam
चंद्राचे हे उत्तम माहात्म्य मी तुम्हां सर्वांना पूर्णपणे सांगितले. जे याचे पठण करतात आणि जे श्रवण करतात, त्यांचे सर्व पातक नष्ट होते.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Candra-māhātmya (textual tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis and subsequent audience
Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the Candra-māhātmya; listeners sit in a forest āśrama, hands folded, as the words themselves are depicted as luminous syllables dissolving darkness (sins).
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of a māhātmya are themselves purifying acts that remove pāpa.
The Candra/Soma shrine tradition within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative frame.
Reciting and listening to the Candramāhātmya is recommended as a sin-destroying practice.