Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 98
क्षीरोदं केशवो गच्छत्कालपृष्ठे निपातिते । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या चरितं दानवस्य च
kṣīrodaṃ keśavo gacchatkālapṛṣṭhe nipātite | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā caritaṃ dānavasya ca
தானவன் வீழ்த்தப்பட்டபோது கேசவன் க்ஷீரசாகரத்திற்குச் சென்றான். யார் பக்தியுடன் இந்த தானவச் சரிதத்தைச் செவிமடுக்கிறாரோ…
Śiva (as narrator of the māhātmya) to the king (listener)
Listener: Rājā (O King)
Scene: Keśava, after felling a demon, departs across a cosmic expanse toward the Ocean of Milk; sages/kingly audience listens as the narrator transitions from battle to tīrtha-māhātmya.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa-bhakti) to sacred narratives is itself a dharmic act that yields spiritual merit.
The chapter belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa; the explicit tīrtha praise appears in the following verses for Liṅgeśvara/Luṅkeśvara.
Śravaṇa (hearing) of the sacred account with devotion.