Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अपि स्यात्स कुलेऽस्माकं वैष्णवानां तु सन्निधौ । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं पठिष्यति जितेन्द्रियः
api syātsa kule'smākaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu sannidhau | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ paṭhiṣyati jitendriyaḥ
আমাদের বংশে এমন একজন থাকুক, যে ইন্দ্রিয়জয়ী হয়ে বৈষ্ণবদের সন্নিধানে দ্বারকা-মাহাত্ম্য পাঠ করবে।
Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A self-controlled devotee reads the Dvārakā-māhātmya aloud to a circle of Vaiṣṇavas; listeners sit attentively with tilaka, some holding prayer beads.
FAQs
Scriptural recitation becomes most fruitful when joined with self-restraint and satsanga (the company of devotees).
Dvārakā, through its māhātmya recitation among Vaiṣṇavas.
Pāṭha (recitation) of Dvārakā’s māhātmya in Vaiṣṇava-sannidhi, with jitendriya discipline.