महदाख्यानमखिलं पापघ्नं पुण्यदं च यत् । पवित्रं यत्पवित्राणां महापातकनाशनम्
mahadākhyānamakhilaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyadaṃ ca yat | pavitraṃ yatpavitrāṇāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
Seluruh kisah agung yang suci ini memusnahkan dosa dan mengurniakan pahala; ia penyuci di antara segala penyuci, dan menghapuskan bahkan mahāpātaka, dosa yang paling berat.
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya mahātmya (Sārasvata/Dvārāvatī context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
Scene: A teaching assembly: Mārkaṇḍeya recites the mahātmya to attentive brāhmaṇas; the spoken words are visualized as luminous script-like waves that cleanse dark stains (symbolic sins) from listeners.
Listening to and upholding sacred tīrtha narratives is itself a dharmic practice that purifies and elevates.
The ongoing māhātmya context glorifies Sarasvatī and Dvārāvatī-associated tīrthas in Dharmāraṇya.
No specific rite; the verse praises the spiritual efficacy of the māhātmya itself (hearing/reciting/remembering).