Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं दीर्घिकाख्यानमुत्तमम् । यस्य संश्रवणादेव नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ dīrghikākhyānamuttamam | yasya saṃśravaṇādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate
یوں میں نے تمہیں دیर्घिका کی یہ بہترین حکایت پوری طرح سنا دی؛ جسے محض سن لینے سے ہی انسان گناہ سے رہائی پا لیتا ہے۔
Narrator (phalaśruti/concluding voice for the Dīrghikā episode)
Tirtha: Dīrghikā (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Listener: Audience addressed as ‘vaḥ’ (plural listeners)
Scene: A sage/narrator concluding the tale before attentive listeners; the sacred pond and Śiva-kṣetra suggested in the background as the story’s spiritual anchor; a subtle aura indicating sin-dissolution through hearing.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifier, not merely the physical act of pilgrimage.
Dīrghikā, whose origin-story and greatness are being concluded.
Hearing (saṃśravaṇa) of the māhātmya as a spiritual practice.