Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 106
सावित्र्या इदमाख्यानं यः पठेच्छृणुयाच्च वा । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सुखभागत्र जायते
sāvitryā idamākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyācca vā | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sukhabhāgatra jāyate
جو ساوتری کی یہ مقدّس حکایت پڑھے یا محض سنے، وہ تمام گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر اسی دنیا میں سکھ کا حصہ دار بن جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; concluding phalaśruti)
Tirtha: Sāvitrī (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A recitation setting: a learned narrator recites the Sāvitrī-ākhyāna to attentive listeners; the atmosphere is devotional and auspicious, suggesting inner purification through sound.
FAQs
Devotional engagement with sacred narrative—through reading or hearing—purifies sin and supports well-being, linking bhakti with dharmic uplift.
The passage concludes the Sāvitrī-related tīrtha narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, centered on the Chamatkārapura setting referenced just prior.
Pāṭha and śravaṇa: reading or hearing the Sāvitrī ākhyāna as a purificatory practice.