Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
सर्वतीर्थफलं येषु नारदाद्य वदंति च । तेषां चरितमाहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम्
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ yeṣu nāradādya vadaṃti ca | teṣāṃ caritamāhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmahe vayam
ان تیرتھوں کے بارے میں نارَد اور دیگر رِشی کہتے ہیں کہ وہ تمام تیرتھوں کا پھل عطا کرتے ہیں۔ ہم اُن کی مقدّس سرگزشت اور عظمت سننا چاہتے ہیں۔
Sages (Munis)
Tirtha: Pañca-tīrtha of Dakṣiṇārṇava
Type: kshetra
Listener: the prospective narrator (addressed)
Scene: Sages speak with palms joined, invoking Nārada’s authority; a subtle vignette of Nārada with vīṇā appears as a ‘witness’ in the background; the five tīrthas are imagined as radiant nodes along the water’s edge, each emitting a halo suggesting ‘all-tīrtha fruit’.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) of tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that leads toward the merit associated with pilgrimage.
A set of five tīrthas (introduced in the previous verse) acclaimed as granting the fruit of all tīrthas.
The explicit act is śrotum—listening to the māhātmya; pilgrimage merit is referenced as the promised fruit.