Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
शृणुयात्परया भक्त्या तीर्थयात्रामिमां द्विजाः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
śṛṇuyātparayā bhaktyā tīrthayātrāmimāṃ dvijāḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
હે દ્વિજોએ, જે પરમ ભક્તિથી આ તીર્થયાત્રાનું વર્ણન સાંભળે છે, તે સર્વ પાપોથી મુક્ત થઈ વિષ્ણુલોકને પામે છે.
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.