Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
शृणुयाद्वापि यो भक्त्या कीर्त्यमानमिदं नरः । सौत्रामणौ कृते कृत्स्नं फलमाप्नोत्यसंशयम्
śṛṇuyādvāpi yo bhaktyā kīrtyamānamidaṃ naraḥ | sautrāmaṇau kṛte kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnotyasaṃśayam
และแม้ผู้ใดเพียงสดับฟังบทนี้ที่กำลังสวดสรรเสริญด้วยศรัทธา ผู้นั้นย่อมบรรลุบุญผลครบถ้วนดุจได้ประกอบพิธีเสาตรามณี โดยไม่ต้องสงสัย
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Unspecified Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A listener sits with folded hands among devotees as a reciter chants; the merit of a complex Vedic rite is symbolically represented by a faint yajña-scene in the background, indicating equivalence through hearing.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) is upheld as spiritually efficacious, capable of granting the merit of elaborate Vedic rites.
The listening/recitation concerns the Rāmahrada māhātmya narrated in this section.
Listen with devotion to the recitation of this māhātmya to gain merit comparable to performing the Sautrāmaṇī rite.