Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
प्रदक्षिणीकृता स्याद्वै धरणी शङ्करोऽब्रवीत् । इदं यः पठ्यमानं तु शृणुयात्पठतेऽपि वा
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā syādvai dharaṇī śaṅkaro'bravīt | idaṃ yaḥ paṭhyamānaṃ tu śṛṇuyātpaṭhate'pi vā
Śaṅkara declarou: «Por meio disto, a própria terra é verdadeiramente circundada em pradakṣiṇā como ato de adoração. E quem o ouve sendo recitado—ou também o recita—alcança o seu mérito».
Śiva (explicit: Śaṅkaraḥ abravīt)
Tirtha: Revā-māhātmya (textual tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience—pilgrims/reciters/listeners
Scene: Śaṅkara proclaims the teaching; a circle of listeners sits by the riverbank, while a subtle cosmic image shows the earth being circumambulated through the power of recitation.
FAQs
Hearing and recitation of māhātmya literature carry real spiritual merit, comparable to major acts of worship like circumambulation.
The verse functions as a phalaśruti for the Revā-khaṇḍa teaching, centered on the Revā tīrtha tradition.
Śravaṇa (listening) and pāṭha (recitation) of the text itself as a meritorious practice.