एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं चन्द्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चापि सर्वपातकनाशनम्
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ candramāhātmyamuttamam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi sarvapātakanāśanam
یوں میں نے تمہیں چندر دیو کا یہ اعلیٰ ماہاتمیہ پوری طرح سنا دیا۔ جو اسے پڑھتے ہیں اور جو اسے سنتے ہیں، اُن کے لیے یہ تمام پاپوں کا ناس کرنے والا ہے۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Candra-māhātmya (textual tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis and subsequent audience
Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the Candra-māhātmya; listeners sit in a forest āśrama, hands folded, as the words themselves are depicted as luminous syllables dissolving darkness (sins).
Śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of a māhātmya are themselves purifying acts that remove pāpa.
The Candra/Soma shrine tradition within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative frame.
Reciting and listening to the Candramāhātmya is recommended as a sin-destroying practice.