Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
तप्तकृच्छ्रं महाकृच्छ्रं मासोपोषणमेव च । यावज्जीवं कृतं तेन येनेदं श्रावितं कलौ
taptakṛcchraṃ mahākṛcchraṃ māsopoṣaṇameva ca | yāvajjīvaṃ kṛtaṃ tena yenedaṃ śrāvitaṃ kalau
Whoever causes this Māhātmya to be heard in the Kali age is as though, throughout his life, he had performed the taptakṛcchra penance, the mahākṛcchra penance, and month-long fasts.
Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned reciter in a temple hall or household maṇḍapa proclaims Dvārakā’s glory to attentive devotees; in the background, the ocean-facing city with Kṛṣṇa’s temple spires and conch-and-disc emblems.
FAQs
Sharing sacred listening (śravaṇa) in Kali-yuga is exalted as spiritually equivalent to lifelong severe austerities.
Dvārakā, because the recited/heard text is its māhātmya.
Śrāvaṇa/śrāvaṇa-karma: causing the māhātmya to be heard (reciting it for others), whose fruit is compared to taptakṛcchra, mahākṛcchra, and month-long fasting.