Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
याः श्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यंते ब्रह्महत्यया । तारयंति पितृगणाञ्छतमेकोत्तरं मुने
yāḥ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyaṃte brahmahatyayā | tārayaṃti pitṛgaṇāñchatamekottaraṃ mune
جنہیں سن کر آدمی ہر گناہ سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے—حتیٰ کہ برہمن ہتیا کے گناہ سے بھی۔ اور اے مُنی، وہ پِتروں کے گروہ کو—ایک سو ایک—تک تار دیتا ہے۔
Yama (contextual; addressing Nārada as muni)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A listener receives kathā; dark clouds labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolve into light; behind, a line of ancestors rises upward, signifying ‘101 pitṛs delivered’.
FAQs
Sacred listening (śravaṇa) to a dharmic Purāṇic kathā is portrayed as extraordinarily purifying—benefiting both the listener and their ancestral line.
The immediate focus is the power of the kathā; within the section it supports the Mahātmya of Dharmāraṇya as a sanctifying sacred geography.
No explicit ritual is stated; the merit is linked to hearing the kathā, which functions as a devotional discipline.