Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
माहात्म्यं ये च गंगायाः शृण्वंति च पठंति च । तेप्यशेषैर्महापापैर्मुच्यंते नात्र संशयः
māhātmyaṃ ye ca gaṃgāyāḥ śṛṇvaṃti ca paṭhaṃti ca | tepyaśeṣairmahāpāpairmucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ
جو لوگ گنگا کی مہاتمیا سنتے ہیں اور جو اسے پڑھتے اور دہراتے ہیں، وہ بھی تمام بڑے گناہوں سے چھوٹ جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā
Type: river
Scene: A small assembly on a Kāśī ghāṭa: a paṇḍita recites Gaṅgā-māhātmya from a palm-leaf manuscript; listeners sit with folded hands; the river flows behind, and a subtle aura indicates sins dissolving like dark mist.
FAQs
Sacred listening and recitation (śravaṇa/pāṭha) of tīrtha-glory is itself a purifying practice.
Gaṅgā, praised through her māhātmya within Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation/reading) of Gaṅgā-māhātmya.