Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
कथयस्व सुरश्रेष्ठ कथं विष्णुर्महीतले । स्थितश्चानर्त्तविषय एतद्विस्तरतो वद
kathayasva suraśreṣṭha kathaṃ viṣṇurmahītale | sthitaścānarttaviṣaya etadvistarato vada
O Bester unter den Göttern, berichte mir: Wie kam Viṣṇu dazu, auf Erden zu weilen, und wie nahm Er in der Landschaft Ānarta (der Region von Dvārakā) Seinen Sitz? Sage es mir ausführlich.
Unnamed interlocutor (listener in the Dvārakā Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Ānarta/Dvārakā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reverent petitioner addresses a radiant deva, asking for the full account of Viṣṇu’s taking residence in Ānarta; the coastline and city silhouette appear behind them as a sacred map.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through sacred history: the Lord’s presence on earth is revealed by attentive listening to māhātmya narration.
Ānarta-deśa, centered on Dvārakā in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
No explicit rite is stated here; it is an invitation to hear the detailed māhātmya (śravaṇa) of the holy region.