Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
सूत उवाच । यच्चान्यदद्भुतं तत्र वृत्तांतं शृणु त द्विजा । येन वै श्रुतमात्रेण सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
sūta uvāca | yaccānyadadbhutaṃ tatra vṛttāṃtaṃ śṛṇu ta dvijā | yena vai śrutamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
สูตะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ท่านฤๅษีผู้เป็นทวิชะ จงฟังเรื่องอัศจรรย์อีกประการหนึ่งที่เกิดขึ้น ณ ที่นั้น เพียงได้สดับก็ยังให้บาปทั้งปวงสิ้นไป”
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (Govatsa-liṅga context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijāḥ / Ṛṣayaḥ (assembly of twice-born sages)
Scene: Sūta addresses an assembly of dvijas/ṛṣis, inviting them to hear an even more wondrous event from Dharmāraṇya; the setting is a sacred storytelling hall with attentive listeners and a palpable aura of purification.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to tīrtha and deity-mahātmya is itself a purifier, capable of eroding accumulated sin.
The episode is anchored in Dharmāraṇya—“there” refers to the sacred locale under narration.
Śravaṇa: attentive hearing of the sacred account as a dharmic practice with pāpa-kṣaya fruit.