Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 225
इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा नारी वा पुरुषोपिवा । न जात्विष्टवियोगाग्नि तापेन परितप्यते
itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā nārī vā puruṣopivā | na jātviṣṭaviyogāgni tāpena paritapyate
اس مقدّس حکایت کو سن لینے کے بعد—خواہ عورت ہو یا مرد—محبوب کی جدائی کی آگ کے تپش سے وہ پھر کبھی نہیں جلتا۔
Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa phalaśruti style)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Ratneśa-itihāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmin interlocutor and the broader implied audience
Scene: A mixed gathering of women and men listening to a storyteller recite the Ratneśa itihāsa; listeners’ faces soften from grief to calm; a lamp and Ganga-side ambience suggest Kāśī.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to Purāṇic sacred history is healing; it pacifies intense grief and the pain of separation.
The verse functions as a general phalaśruti within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, supporting Kāśī’s sanctifying storytelling tradition.
Śravaṇa—listening to the itihāsa with faith; no further ritual is specified.