Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 99
शुश्राव सत्कथां साध्वीं कैवल्यफल दायिनी । स उवाच द्विजस्तस्यै कथां वैराग्यबृंहिताम्
śuśrāva satkathāṃ sādhvīṃ kaivalyaphala dāyinī | sa uvāca dvijastasyai kathāṃ vairāgyabṛṃhitām
Pinakinggan niya ang banal at marangal na salaysay na nagkakaloob ng bunga ng kaivalya—ganap na kalayaan. Pagkaraan, ang brāhmaṇa ay nagsalita sa kanya ng aral na pinatibay ng vairāgya, ang pagtalikod sa pagnanasa.
Narrator (reporting the teaching given by the brāhmaṇa)
Tirtha: mahākṣetra (name not specified in excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa teacher delivers a renunciation-strengthened discourse; the woman sits attentively, hands folded, with a small circle of listeners in a sacred precinct.
FAQs
Listening to holy discourse infused with renunciation leads toward kaivalya—complete spiritual freedom.
The verse does not name a tīrtha; it frames the efficacy of satkathā itself (though earlier context mentions a mahākṣetra).
Śravaṇa of satkathā—devotional listening to liberating teachings.