माहात्म्यं पठनीयं तु द्वारकासंभवं शुभम् । कृष्णस्य बालचरितं बालकृष्णादिदर्शनम्
māhātmyaṃ paṭhanīyaṃ tu dvārakāsaṃbhavaṃ śubham | kṛṣṇasya bālacaritaṃ bālakṛṣṇādidarśanam
ينبغي حقًّا تلاوة «المهاطميا» المباركة المنبثقة من دْوَارَكَا؛ كما ينبغي تلاوة أخبار طفولة كريشنا، وروايات مشاهدة «بالا-كريشنا» وما شابه ذلك.
Pitṛs (didactic sequence continues; emphasis shifts to śravaṇa/pāṭha as dharma)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reciter reads from a palm-leaf manuscript of Dvārakā-māhātmya; listeners sit with folded hands; interwoven visions of Bāla-Kṛṣṇa—butter theft, cradle, and first darśana—appear as narrative tableaux.
Reciting sacred place-glories and divine līlās is itself a devotional practice that generates auspiciousness and merit.
Dvārakā, whose Māhātmya is explicitly recommended for recitation.
Pāṭha (recitation) of the Dvārakā Māhātmya and Kṛṣṇa’s bāla-carita narratives.