Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
एतत्पवित्रमायुष्यं धन्यं स्व स्त्ययनं महत् । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वदुःखेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
etatpavitramāyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ sva styayanaṃ mahat | yacchrutvā sarvaduḥkhebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
یہ کلام پاکیزگی بخشنے والا، عمر بڑھانے والا، مبارک اور اپنی بھلائی کے لیے عظیم برکت ہے؛ اسے سن کر سب دکھوں سے نجات ملتی ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A circle of pilgrims and householders seated in a temple mandapa listening to a paurāṇika reciter; lamps glow, the listener’s faces soften as burdens lift; a subtle aura around the recitation scroll symbolizes purification and longevity.
FAQs
Hearing sacred māhātmya is portrayed as a holistic remedy—purifying the mind and karma, and establishing auspicious well-being.
It concludes the glorification of the Citreśvarīpīṭha-kṣetra narrative within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) of the māhātmya is the stated practice.