Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
माहात्म्यं द्वारकायास्तु अथवा यः शृणोति च । विशेषेण तु वैशाख्यां जयंत्याश्चैव जागरे
māhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāstu athavā yaḥ śṛṇoti ca | viśeṣeṇa tu vaiśākhyāṃ jayaṃtyāścaiva jāgare
অথবা যিয়ে দ্বাৰকাৰ মাহাত্ম্য শুনে—বিশেষকৈ বৈশাখ মাহত আৰু জয়ন্তীৰ জাগৰণ ৰাত্ৰিত—সেয়ে বিশেষ পুণ্য লাভ কৰে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A night-time assembly in Dvārakā: devotees seated with lamps, listening to a reciter narrate Dvārakā-māhātmya; the sea breeze, temple spire, and Kṛṣṇa’s presence felt. A calendar cue: Vaiśākha moon and ‘Jayantī’ vigil atmosphere.
FAQs
Hearing sacred-place glorification (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a potent devotional act, intensified by auspicious calendrical times.
Dvārakā, explicitly through its māhātmya.
Listening to Dvārakā Māhātmya, particularly in Vaiśākha and during the Jayantī night-vigil (jāgara).