धर्मारण्याश्रितां दिव्यां सर्वसंतापहारिणीम् । यां श्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
dharmāraṇyāśritāṃ divyāṃ sarvasaṃtāpahāriṇīm | yāṃ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate brahmahatyayā
Kisah suci yang bersandar pada Dharmāraṇya ini menghapus segala sengsara. Sesiapa yang mendengarnya akan terlepas daripada semua dosa—bahkan dosa brahma-hatyā (membunuh seorang brāhmaṇa) sekalipun.
Unspecified (māhātmya-style proclamation within the narrative)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred forest-kshetra (Dharmāraṇya) is evoked as a luminous, divine narrative-space; sages or devotees listen to the māhātmya, with a subtle aura of purification washing away dark stains of sin.
Śravaṇa (devotional hearing) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a purifier capable of dissolving even grave karmic stains.
Dharmāraṇya—the sacred forest—whose divine greatness is said to remove all sufferings and sins.
Hearing (śravaṇa) the Dharmāraṇya māhātmya is presented as the efficacious spiritual act.