Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
मनोवाक्कायजनितं पातकं त्रिविधं च यत् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति श्रवणात्कीर्तनात्सुकृत्
manovākkāyajanitaṃ pātakaṃ trividhaṃ ca yat | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śravaṇātkīrtanātsukṛt
மனம், சொல், உடல் ஆகியவற்றால் உண்டாகும் மும்மடங்கு பாவம்—இம்மஹாத்மியத்தை கேட்பதாலும் பாராயணம் செய்வதாலும் அனைத்தும் அழிந்து புண்ணியமாகிறது।
Brahmā (continued context from brahmovāca)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: (addressed) son/putra
Scene: A recitation assembly: a sage recites the māhātmya while listeners sit with folded hands; above them symbolic three streams labeled mind, speech, body dissolve into light, signifying the destruction of threefold sin; the sacred forest of Dharmāraṇya frames the scene.
FAQs
Devotional hearing and recitation transform and dissolve sins committed through thought, word, and deed.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied kṣetra whose māhātmya is to be heard and recited.
Śravaṇa (listening) and kīrtana (recitation/chanting) are prescribed as purificatory acts.
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