एतत्खंडं पुराणस्य प्रथमं परिकीर्तितम् । कार्तिकेयप्रणीतस्य सर्वपापहरं शुभम्
etatkhaṃḍaṃ purāṇasya prathamaṃ parikīrtitam | kārtikeyapraṇītasya sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham
یہ پُران کا یہ کھنڈ اوّل کے طور پر بیان کیا گیا ہے؛ کارتیکیہ دیو کی تصنیف، نہایت مبارک اور تمام گناہوں کو دور کرنے والا ہے۔
Sūta (contextual continuity)
Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunaka-ādi style audience (contextual)
Scene: A manuscript-like scene: Kārttikeya as divine author, radiant and youthful, presenting a palm-leaf Purāṇa; sages receive it with folded hands; a haloed aura suggests ‘sarva-pāpa-haraṇa’.
Hearing and transmitting the Purāṇic khaṇḍa itself is treated as auspicious and spiritually purifying.
This is a textual colophon-style praise of the khaṇḍa rather than a single tīrtha; it supports the sanctity of the entire narrated region.
Implicitly, recitation/hearing (parikīrtana) of the khaṇḍa’s māhātmya as a meritorious act.