Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42
यथेदमुक्तं तव धर्मसूनो श्रुतं च यच्छङ्कराच्चन्द्रमौलेः । श्रुत्वेदमिच्छन्मुच्यते सर्वपापैः पठन्पदं याति हि वृत्रशत्रोः
yathedamuktaṃ tava dharmasūno śrutaṃ ca yacchaṅkarāccandramauleḥ | śrutvedamicchanmucyate sarvapāpaiḥ paṭhanpadaṃ yāti hi vṛtraśatroḥ
Ó filho do Dharma, assim como isto te foi dito e como foi ouvido de Śaṅkara, o Senhor de fronte ornada pela lua, do mesmo modo quem ouve este ensinamento com fé é libertado de todos os pecados; e quem o recita alcança o estado (morada) de Indra, o matador de Vṛtra.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharma-sūnu)
Scene: A sage transmits a sacred account ‘as heard from Moon-crested Śiva’; listeners sit in reverent attention; above, Indra’s celestial city is hinted as the fruit of recitation.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of sacred tīrtha-teachings are themselves purifying acts that destroy sin and grant exalted attainments.
The immediate passage functions as a phalaśruti for the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography and observances around the Revā (Narmadā).
Hearing the account with intent and reciting it (pāṭha) are prescribed as merit-generating practices.