Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
वाक्यं मृकंडजमुनेस्तेपि श्रुत्वा मुनीश्वराः । प्रहृष्टचेतसो जाताश्चक्रुः स्वं स्वं ततो हितम्
vākyaṃ mṛkaṃḍajamunestepi śrutvā munīśvarāḥ | prahṛṣṭacetaso jātāścakruḥ svaṃ svaṃ tato hitam
مِرکندُو کے فرزند مُنی کے کلمات سن کر وہ مُنی اِشور بھی دل سے خوش ہو گئے؛ پھر اس کے بعد ہر ایک نے اپنے لیے مفید عمل اختیار کیا۔
Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Narmadeśa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A circle of venerable sages, faces bright with joy, listening to Mṛkaṇḍu’s son; after the discourse, each rises and proceeds to his chosen beneficial act—some to meditation, some to pilgrimage preparations, some to ritual fires.
FAQs
Hearing authoritative sacred teaching gladdens the heart and inspires practical dharmic action aligned with one’s welfare.
The verse sits within the Narmadeśvara/Narmadā tīrtha context, where the teaching heard concerns the sanctity of that sacred geography.
No specific rite is prescribed; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) followed by appropriate dharmic conduct.