यश्चैतत्पठते भक्त्या ह्यष्टषष्टिसमुद्भवम् । स्नानजं लभते पुण्यं शृण्वानः श्रद्धयान्वितः
yaścaitatpaṭhate bhaktyā hyaṣṭaṣaṣṭisamudbhavam | snānajaṃ labhate puṇyaṃ śṛṇvānaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ
பக்தியுடன் அறுபத்தெட்டிலிருந்து தோன்றிய இந்தப் பாடத்தை ஓதுபவன், தீர்த்தஸ்நானத்தால் உண்டாகும் புண்ணியத்தை அடைகிறான்; நம்பிக்கையுடன் கேட்பவனும் அதே பயனைப் பெறுகிறான்.
Sūta (contextual continuation from verse 11)
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas / assembly
Scene: Devotees recite and listen to the māhātmya with faith; a symbolic river-bath merit radiates from the spoken words, showing equivalence between narrative and snāna.
In Kali-yuga, śravaṇa and pāṭha are elevated: faithful hearing/recitation can confer tīrtha-snānā merit.
The glorification applies to the entire sixty-eight tīrtha tradition connected with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
Bhakti-yukta pāṭha (devotional recitation) and śraddhā-yukta śravaṇa (faithful listening).
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