Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 135
धन्यं यशस्यं नियतं सुपुण्यं स्वर्मोक्षदं पापहरं नराणाम् । शृणोति नित्यं नियतः शुचिः पुमान्भित्त्वा रविं विष्णु पदं प्रयाति
dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ niyataṃ supuṇyaṃ svarmokṣadaṃ pāpaharaṃ narāṇām | śṛṇoti nityaṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ pumānbhittvā raviṃ viṣṇu padaṃ prayāti
یہ کلام مبارک ہے، نام و یش دینے والا، اٹل اور نہایت پُنّیہ بخش—انسانوں کو سُورگ اور موکش دینے والا اور گناہ ہرانے والا۔ جو پاکیزہ اور باقاعدہ شخص اسے روزانہ سنتا ہے، وہ سورج سے بھی آگے گزر کر وشنو کے پرم پد کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Listener: general disciplined hearer (niyataḥ śuciḥ pumān)
Scene: A pure, disciplined devotee listens daily; a symbolic ascent is shown: crossing the solar orb and moving toward a radiant Vaikuṇṭha/Viṣṇu-pada, while sins fall away as dark fragments.
FAQs
Regular devotional listening, combined with purity and discipline, is portrayed as a direct path to liberation.
The benefits are tied to the Koṭitīrtha māhātmya being recited in this chapter.
Nitya-śravaṇa—hearing the sacred māhātmya daily, while remaining śuci (pure) and niyata (disciplined).