Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
श्रुत्वाध्यायमिमं पुण्यं सर्वाघहरणं परम् । प्रयाति परमं स्थानं मानवः श्रद्धयान्वितः
śrutvādhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvāghaharaṇaṃ param | prayāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ mānavaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ
Nghe chương kinh thánh thiện này—tối thượng trong việc trừ diệt mọi tội lỗi—người có lòng tin sẽ đạt đến cảnh giới tối cao.
Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A small assembly of listeners seated around a reciter reading a palm-leaf manuscript; behind them a faint vision of the sacred kṣetra appears, symbolizing that śravaṇa transports one inwardly to the tīrtha.
FAQs
Faithful listening to sacred Māhātmya discourse is itself a potent spiritual practice that purifies and uplifts.
The broader Dvārakā Māhātmya context is affirmed; the chapter’s hearing is praised as spiritually transformative.
Śravaṇa—devoutly hearing the chapter with śraddhā.