Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
शृणुयात्परया भक्त्या तीर्थयात्रामिमां द्विजाः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
śṛṇuyātparayā bhaktyā tīrthayātrāmimāṃ dvijāḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
Ô brāhmaṇas, quiconque écoute avec une dévotion suprême ce récit du pèlerinage aux tīrthas est délivré de tous les péchés et gagne le monde de Viṣṇu.
Unspecified narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual narrator addressing brāhmaṇas/sages)
Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha-yātrā (as kathā/śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas sit in reverent listening posture as the sacred journey is narrated; above, a luminous Viṣṇu-loka vision—Vaikuṇṭha with Viṣṇu—appears as the promised fruit.
FAQs
Devotional listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a purifying practice that leads toward divine attainments.
The entire Dvārakā tīrtha-yātrā narrative; the focus is on the merit of hearing the māhātmya.
Śravaṇa with parā-bhakti—hearing the tīrtha-yātrā account devotedly—is presented as the efficacious practice.