यश्चैतत्कीर्तयेद्भक्त्या शृणोति च समाहितः । स याति परमं स्थानं जरा मरणवर्जितम्
yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇoti ca samāhitaḥ | sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarā maraṇavarjitam
جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ اسے پڑھتا یا یکسوئی سے سنتا ہے، وہ بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک اعلیٰ ترین دھام کو پا لیتا ہے۔
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame-tradition)
Scene: A devoted listener sits with folded hands before a reciter of the Purāṇa; behind them a luminous ‘parama-sthāna’ is suggested as a radiant, timeless realm beyond decay and death.
Śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (devotional recitation) of a tīrtha-mahātmya are themselves liberating practices.
Hāṭakeśvara—its Mahātmya is said to lead devotees to the deathless supreme abode.
Devotional recitation (kīrtana) and attentive listening (śravaṇa) of this Mahātmya.