Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 139
श्रुत्वाख्यानमिदं पुण्यं दक्षेश्वरसमुद्भवम् । नरो न लिप्यते पापैरपराधालयोपि हि
śrutvākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ dakṣeśvarasamudbhavam | naro na lipyate pāpairaparādhālayopi hi
ผู้ใดได้สดับเรื่องเล่าอันเป็นบุญนี้ อันบังเกิดจากทักษีศวร (Dakṣeśvara) ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ถูกมลทินแห่งบาปครอบงำ—แม้แท้จริงจะเป็นที่สถิตแห่งความผิดก็ตาม
Skanda (deduced, phalaśruti style)
Tirtha: Dakṣeśvara (Dakṣa-īśvara)
Type: temple
Scene: A small assembly at a Kāśī shrine: a narrator recites the Dakṣeśvara account; listeners—some visibly remorseful—sit with bowed heads; a faint dark aura (sins) lifts like smoke and dissolves into light near a Śiva-liṅga.
FAQs
Śravaṇa of a holy Śaiva narrative purifies deeply; divine merit can override even entrenched wrongdoing.
The Dakṣeśvara tradition is situated within Kāśī’s sacred landscape in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.
Śravaṇa—devotional listening to the sacred account—as a purifying practice.