Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं शृणु पौत्र मयोदितम् । शृण्वतो गदतश्चापि मुक्तिः कृष्णाद्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
śrīprahlāda uvāca | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pautra mayoditam | śṛṇvato gadataścāpi muktiḥ kṛṣṇādbhaveddhruvam
শ্ৰী প্ৰহ্লাদে ক’লে: হে পৌত্ৰ! মোৰ কোৱা মতে দ্বাৰকাৰ মাহাত্ম্য শুনা। যিয়ে শুনে—আৰু যিয়ে পাঠ কৰে—তেওঁৰ কৃষ্ণৰ পৰা মুক্তি নিশ্চয় হয়।
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pautra (grandson)
Scene: Prahlāda seated as elder teacher, addressing his grandson; a calm hermitage or temple courtyard; listeners attentive; behind them a symbolic vision of Dvārakā’s spires and the sea, indicating the narrated kṣetra.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (recitation) of a holy site’s māhātmya, centered on Kṛṣṇa, are presented as direct means toward liberation.
Dvārakā, the sacred abode of Kṛṣṇa.
Śṛṇu/śṛṇvataḥ (listening) and gadataḥ (reciting/speaking) the Dvārakā Māhātmya.