Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31
लोमश उवाच । श्रृणु भूप प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्वजन्मसमुद्भवाम् । शिवधर्मयुतां पुण्यां कथां पापप्रणाशनीम्
lomaśa uvāca | śrṛṇu bhūpa pravakṣyāmi pūrvajanmasamudbhavām | śivadharmayutāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm
லோமசர் கூறினார்—அரசே, கேள்; முன்ஜன்மத்திலிருந்து எழுந்த, சிவதர்மம் நிறைந்த, புண்ணியமளிக்கும், பாவநாசினி கதையை நான் உரைப்பேன்.
Lomaśa
Listener: Bhūpa (king)
Scene: A sage (Lomaśa) addresses a king in a forest-hermitage setting, beginning a former-birth account centered on Śiva-dharma; palm-leaf manuscripts, sacrificial fire, and attentive courtiers suggest sacred transmission.
FAQs
Hearing and transmitting Śiva-dharma narratives is presented as purifying and sin-destroying, linking devotion, ethics, and karmic outcomes.
No specific site is mentioned in this verse; it introduces a Śaiva dharma narrative.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to a puṇya-kathā is implied as spiritually beneficial.