Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । वसिष्ठेनोदितं श्रुत्वा दिलीपो हृष्ट मानसः । द्वारकां क्षेत्रराजं तं ज्ञात्वा च विस्मयं ययौ
śrīprahlāda uvāca | vasiṣṭhenoditaṃ śrutvā dilīpo hṛṣṭa mānasaḥ | dvārakāṃ kṣetrarājaṃ taṃ jñātvā ca vismayaṃ yayau
श्री प्रह्लाद बोले—वसिष्ठ के उपदेश को सुनकर दिलीप का मन हर्षित हो उठा। द्वारका को तीर्थों का राजा जानकर वह विस्मय से भर गया।
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vasiṣṭha instructs King Dilīpa; Dilīpa’s face brightens with joy and wonder as he realizes Dvārakā’s supremacy among kṣetras.
FAQs
Hearing the greatness of a holy place from a realized teacher awakens faith, joy, and reverent wonder.
Dvārakā is acclaimed as kṣetra-rāja, the foremost among sacred places.
None in this verse; it records the devotional and emotional fruit of hearing the māhātmya.