Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं चन्द्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चापि सर्वपातकनाशनम्
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ candramāhātmyamuttamam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvapātakanāśanam
சந்திரனின் இந்த உத்தம மஹாத்மியத்தை நான் உங்களுக்கெல்லாம் முழுமையாக உரைத்தேன். இதை பாராயணம் செய்பவர்களுக்கும் கேட்பவர்களுக்கும் எல்லாப் பாவங்களும் நாசமடையும்.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Candra-māhātmya (textual tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis and subsequent audience
Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the Candra-māhātmya; listeners sit in a forest āśrama, hands folded, as the words themselves are depicted as luminous syllables dissolving darkness (sins).
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of a māhātmya are themselves purifying acts that remove pāpa.
The Candra/Soma shrine tradition within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative frame.
Reciting and listening to the Candramāhātmya is recommended as a sin-destroying practice.