ये कथां वैष्णवीं भक्त्या शृण्वन्ति च नृपोत्तम । ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि नश्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
ye kathāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ bhaktyā śṛṇvanti ca nṛpottama | brahmahatyādipāpāni naśyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
اے بہترین بادشاہ! جو لوگ عقیدت سے ویشنوَی کتھا سنتے ہیں، اُن کے برہمن ہتیا وغیرہ گناہ مٹ جاتے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Unspecified (addressing a king: nṛpottama)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra kathā-sabhā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpottama (best of kings)
Scene: A royal audience or pilgrim assembly listens to a reciter narrating Vaiṣṇava kathā; the atmosphere is attentive, with manuscripts, rosaries, and the deity’s image nearby.
Bhakti-filled listening to divine narratives is a powerful purifier that dissolves even grave sins.
The teaching occurs within the Revākhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification framework connected to the Revā (Narmadā) region.
Śravaṇa—devoutly hearing Vaiṣṇava kathā (Hari-kathā/Purāṇic discourse).