Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
चंद्रेश्वरसमुत्पत्तिं तथा चांद्रमसं तपः । यः श्रोष्यति नरो भक्त्या चंद्रलोके स इज्यते
caṃdreśvarasamutpattiṃ tathā cāṃdramasaṃ tapaḥ | yaḥ śroṣyati naro bhaktyā caṃdraloke sa ijyate
ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਭਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਚੰਦਰేశਵਰ ਦੀ ਉਤਪੱਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਚੰਦਰਮਾ ਦੇ ਤਪ ਦਾ ਵਰਣਨ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਚੰਦਰਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਦਰਿਤ ਤੇ ਪੂਜਿਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Narrator within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (deduced: Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Tirtha: Candreśvara (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Scene: A sacred storyteller recites Candreśvara’s origin and the Moon’s austerities; listeners sit reverently; above them, a luminous lunar realm where the devotee is honored.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to a tīrtha’s sacred origin is itself a meritorious act producing exalted posthumous honor.
Candreśvara in Kāśī, whose origin narrative is being praised.
Bhakti-śravaṇa: hear the Candreśvara origin and Candra’s tapas with devotion.