Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
आस्फोटयंति पितरः प्रहर्षंति पितामहाः । एवं तं स्वसुतं दृष्ट्वा शृण्वानं कृष्णसंभवम्
āsphoṭayaṃti pitaraḥ praharṣaṃti pitāmahāḥ | evaṃ taṃ svasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā śṛṇvānaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃbhavam
Die Väter klatschen vor Entzücken in die Hände, und die Ahnenväter frohlocken, wenn sie ihren eigenen Nachkommen sehen, wie er die heilige Erzählung vernimmt, die aus (und von) Kṛṣṇa hervorgegangen ist.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa context within Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-inquirer
Scene: An intergenerational vision: a devotee listens to Kṛṣṇa-kathā while, in a subtle upper register, pitṛs and pitāmahas in luminous forms clap and rejoice, showering blessings; the scene blends earthly satsang with ancestral realm.
FAQs
Bhakti is not only personal; hearing Kṛṣṇa-centered sacred narration is portrayed as uplifting one’s lineage and pleasing the ancestors.
Dvārakā by context, as the Māhātmya situates Kṛṣṇa-kathā and its fruits within Dvārakā’s sacred field.
Śravaṇa (devotional listening) of Kṛṣṇa-related Purāṇic narrative—implicitly Bhāgavata-kathā.