Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
यो नरः शृणुयाद्भक्त्या दिनानि च कियंति वै । सर्वार्थसिद्धो भवति य इमां पठते कथाम्
yo naraḥ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā dināni ca kiyaṃti vai | sarvārthasiddho bhavati ya imāṃ paṭhate kathām
جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ—چاہے جتنے بھی دن—اس کَتھا کو سنتا ہے اور جو اسے پڑھتا ہے، وہ اپنے تمام مقاصد میں کامیاب ہو جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A gathered assembly listens to a Purāṇika reciting Skanda Purāṇa; devotees sit with folded hands, lamps and incense burning, palm-leaf manuscript on a low stand.
FAQs
Devotional listening and recitation of sacred tīrtha narratives are presented as direct means to holistic life-fulfillment.
The narrative being heard/recited is the māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this adhyāya.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation/reading) of the kathā with bhakti.