Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168
श्रृणोतीदं श्रद्धया यस्तस्य तुष्येश्च भास्करः । धारयन्हृदये मोक्षंमुच्यते भवसागरात्
śrṛṇotīdaṃ śraddhayā yastasya tuṣyeśca bhāskaraḥ | dhārayanhṛdaye mokṣaṃmucyate bhavasāgarāt
ဤအကြောင်းကို ယုံကြည်ခြင်းဖြင့် နားထောင်သူအား နေဘုရား (ဘ္ဟာစ్కရ) သည် ပျော်ရွှင်တော်မူ၏။ မောက္ခသို့ ညွှန်သော ဤသင်ခန်းစာကို နှလုံး၌ ထိန်းထားလျှင် သံသရာပင်လယ်မှ လွတ်မြောက်ရ၏။
Deductive (contextual): Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa (narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Purūravāditya-tīrtha (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees sit in attentive listening as a reciter chants the māhātmya; above, Bhāskara radiates approving light; one listener holds the teaching ‘in the heart,’ depicted as a lotus within the chest, while waves of saṃsāra recede.
FAQs
Faithful listening and inner retention of dharma-teachings leads toward liberation from saṃsāra.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general phalaśruti to the preceding narrative.
Śravaṇa (listening with faith) and dhāraṇā (keeping the teaching in the heart/mind).