Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
स्कंद उवाच । वृद्धादित्यस्य माहात्म्यं शृणु ते कथयाम्यहम् । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण नरो नो दुष्कृतं भजेत्
skaṃda uvāca | vṛddhādityasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu te kathayāmyaham | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa naro no duṣkṛtaṃ bhajet
สกันทะตรัสว่า: จงฟังมหิมาแห่งวฤทธาทิตยะ เราจักเล่าแก่ท่าน เพียงได้สดับเท่านั้น มนุษย์ย่อมไม่ตกไปสู่กรรมบาป
Skanda
Tirtha: Vṛddhāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda as narrator in a sacred assembly, introducing the Vṛddhāditya-māhātmya; the aura of Kāśī suggested in the background with ghāṭas and temple silhouettes.
FAQs
Listening with faith to a tīrtha’s māhātmya purifies the mind and restrains one from sinful action.
Vṛddhāditya (a sacred Āditya shrine/tīrtha) within Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Śravaṇa—devout hearing of the māhātmya—is presented as the efficacious practice.