Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 134
इदं पवित्रं खलु पुण्यदं सदा यशस्करं पापहरं परात्परम् । शृणोति भक्त्या पुरुषः स पुण्यभागसुक्षये रुद्रसलोकतां व्रजेत्
idaṃ pavitraṃ khalu puṇyadaṃ sadā yaśaskaraṃ pāpaharaṃ parātparam | śṛṇoti bhaktyā puruṣaḥ sa puṇyabhāgasukṣaye rudrasalokatāṃ vrajet
इदं खलु पवित्रं सदा पुण्यदं यशस्करं पापहरं परात्परम्। यः भक्त्या शृणोति स पुण्यभागसुक्षये रुद्रसलोकतां व्रजेत्॥
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Listener: a general ‘puruṣa’ (devotee-hearer) implied; addressed community context continues from earlier viprāḥ setting
Scene: A narrator recites a sacred account to a devoted listener; the words are depicted as purifying light rising toward Rudra’s realm, with subtle iconography of Śiva’s world beyond.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya purifies and leads ultimately to Rudra’s realm.
The phala-śruti pertains to the Koṭitīrtha narrative being recited in this adhyāya.
Śravaṇa—hearing the sacred account with bhakti—is presented as the efficacious practice.