Shiva Purana
कथां शैवीं मुहूर्तं वा तदर्द्धं क्षणं च वा ॥ ये शृण्वxति नरा भक्त्या न तेषां दुर्गतिर्भवेत् ॥ २९॥
No mishap befalls those men who listen to Śiva’s story even for a Muhūrta, or half that time or even for a moment with devotion.
english translation
kathAM zaivIM muhUrtaM vA tadarddhaM kSaNaM ca vA ॥ ye zRNvaxti narA bhaktyA na teSAM durgatirbhavet ॥ 29॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript