Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40
एतत्तदद्भुतं तस्य देवस्य च त्रिशूलिनः । शृणुयाद्यो नरो भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
etattadadbhutaṃ tasya devasya ca triśūlinaḥ | śṛṇuyādyo naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Inilah kemuliaan yang menakjubkan bagi Dewa pemegang trisula, Śiva. Sesiapa yang mendengarnya dengan bhakti akan terlepas daripada segala dosa.
Narratorial voice (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Govatsa (implied by immediate context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A narrator proclaims the wondrous greatness of the trident-bearing Śiva; listeners sit with folded hands, receiving the kathā whose very hearing dissolves sins.
FAQs
Devotional listening to Śiva’s tīrtha-greatness is itself a purifying act, credited with dissolving sin.
The verse praises the wondrous greatness connected to Śiva as presented in the Govatsa tīrtha narrative of this chapter.
Śravaṇa—hearing the māhātmya with bhakti—is stated as a sin-destroying practice.