स्कंद उवाच । पठित्वा पाठयित्वा च रहस्याख्यानमुत्तमम् । श्रद्धालुः पातकैर्मुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते
skaṃda uvāca | paṭhitvā pāṭhayitvā ca rahasyākhyānamuttamam | śraddhāluḥ pātakairmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate
Skanda nói: Ai có lòng tín thành, sau khi tự đọc và khiến người khác cũng đọc giáo huấn bí mật tối thượng này, sẽ được giải trừ tội lỗi và được tôn vinh nơi Śivaloka.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (as rahasya-ākhyāna subject)
Type: kshetra
Listener: the immediate audience of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse (sages/seekers implied)
Scene: Skanda as teacher seated before attentive sages, holding a palm-leaf manuscript; a second group in the background reads aloud to others, symbolizing ‘paṭhitvā pāṭhayitvā’; above, a vision of Śiva-loka as reward.
Faithful study and propagation of sacred teaching purify sin and lead to honor in Śiva’s realm.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; the verse emphasizes scriptural merit rather than naming a specific tirtha.
Pāṭha and pāṭhana—reciting/reading and teaching others (scriptural transmission as a meritorious act).