Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
षण्मासे च भवेत्पुत्रो लक्ष्मीश्चैव विवर्द्धते । तस्य यः शृणुते भक्त्या माहात्म्यं द्वारकाभवम्
ṣaṇmāse ca bhavetputro lakṣmīścaiva vivarddhate | tasya yaḥ śṛṇute bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ dvārakābhavam
যে ভক্তিভরে দ্বারকা-সম্ভূত এই মাহাত্ম্য শ্রবণ করে, তার ছয় মাসের মধ্যে পুত্রলাভ হয় এবং লক্ষ্মী বৃদ্ধি পায়।
Unspecified (phala-śruti continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee/disciple addressed in the passage
Scene: A devotional listening assembly in a home or temple courtyard; a narrator recites Dvārakā Māhātmya while a couple listens with folded hands; Lakṣmī’s auspicious symbols (lotus, coins, grain) appear subtly, and a child is shown as a blessing motif within a six-month cycle (six moons) in the background.
FAQs
Devotional listening to the Dvārakā Māhātmya is presented as a potent dharmic act that brings both spiritual and worldly welfare.
Dvārakā-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya is said to bestow tangible blessings when heard with bhakti.
Bhakti-yukta śravaṇa (devout listening) to the Dvārakā Māhātmya.