Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 122
इममध्यायमाकर्ण्य नरस्तद्गतमानसः । विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः शिवलोकमवाप्नुयात्
imamadhyāyamākarṇya narastadgatamānasaḥ | vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śivalokamavāpnuyāt
இந்த அத்தியாயத்தை மனம் ஒன்றி கேட்பவன் எல்லாப் பாவங்களிலிருந்தும் விடுபட்டு சிவலோகத்தை அடைவான்।
Skanda (phalaśruti; deduced from context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya and the audience of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa (contextual)
Scene: A devotee sits near the Gaṅgā, eyes closed in absorption, listening to a reciter chanting the chapter; above, a subtle vision of Śiva-loka—radiant Kailāsa-like realm—appears as the fruit of śravaṇa.
FAQs
Reverent listening (śravaṇa) with focused mind is itself a powerful sādhana that purifies sin and directs one toward Śiva.
Indirectly Kāśī, since the chapter belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa and its Mahātmya tradition.
Śravaṇa (hearing/recitation-listening) of the chapter with mental absorption is prescribed as the practice.