Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65
य इमं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या भृगुकच्छस्य विस्तरम् । कोटितीर्थफलं तस्य भवेद्वै नात्र संशयः
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā bhṛgukacchasya vistaram | koṭitīrthaphalaṃ tasya bhavedvai nātra saṃśayaḥ
ผู้ใดฟังด้วยภักติซึ่งคำบรรยายโดยพิสดารแห่งภฤคุกัจฉะนี้ ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ผลบุญเทียบเท่าการไปสรงน้ำยังทีรถะนับโกฏิ—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic phalaśruti)
Tirtha: Bhṛgukaccha
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience of devotees; framed within the king-sage dialogue context of the chapter
Scene: A storyteller recites the Bhṛgukaccha-vistara to a gathered audience; behind them, a symbolic map-like panorama shows many tīrthas as small glowing icons, all converging into the single kṣetra through the power of hearing.
FAQs
Devotional listening to a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a powerful sādhanā that bestows vast merit.
Bhṛgukaccha, whose greatness is praised as yielding koṭitīrtha-equivalent merit through hearing.
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of the site’s māhātmya; the verse functions as a phalaśruti rather than a procedural ritual.