Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
श्रुत्वा वापि पठित्वेदं श्रावयिपत्वाथ धार्मिकान् । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यो नात्र कार्या विचारणा
śrutvā vāpi paṭhitvedaṃ śrāvayipatvātha dhārmikān | mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
اسے محض سن لینے سے، یا پڑھ لینے سے، اور پھر نیک لوگوں کو سنوا دینے سے، انسان تمام گناہوں سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے—اس میں کسی شک و فکر کی ضرورت نہیں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate context continuing into 144.1)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha māhātmya (textual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpa (king) and, by extension, future audiences
Scene: A recitation assembly: a reader chants from a manuscript; righteous listeners sit attentively; the king sponsors the event; a subtle visual motif of sins dissolving (darkness lifting) underscores ‘mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ’.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (reading/recitation) of tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a strong purifier.
The tīrtha praised in Adhyāya 143 of Revā Khaṇḍa; the verse functions as a phalaśruti for that praise.
Hear it, read it, and recite it to the dhārmikas (righteous listeners).