Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 11
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
नास्य पापं प्रभवति न च पापेन लिप्यते | पठेद् वा श्रावयेद् वापि श्रुत्वा वा लभते फलम्
nāsya pāpaṃ prabhavati na ca pāpena lipyate | paṭhed vā śrāvayed vāpi śrutvā vā labhate phalam ||
斯堪达说：“于此人，罪业不生，亦不为罪所染。或自诵读，或令他人诵读，乃至但闻其声，皆得其果报。”
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
Engaging with a sacred teaching—by reciting it, enabling others to hear it, or simply listening—produces beneficial results (phala) and prevents the arising of sin or moral taint. The emphasis is on the transformative, purifying efficacy of dharmic discourse when approached with sincerity.
Skanda is speaking within a didactic context in the Anuśāsana Parva, praising the power of a particular dharmic teaching or hymn. He states that participation in its transmission (reading/reciting/teaching/hearing) grants merit and protects one from sin.