Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं शृणु पौत्र मयोदितम् । शृण्वतो गदतश्चापि मुक्तिः कृष्णाद्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
śrīprahlāda uvāca | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pautra mayoditam | śṛṇvato gadataścāpi muktiḥ kṛṣṇādbhaveddhruvam
श्रीप्रह्लाद बोले—हे पौत्र! मेरे द्वारा कहा गया द्वारका का माहात्म्य सुनो। इसे सुनने वाले को और इसे कहने वाले को भी, श्रीकृष्ण की कृपा से निश्चय ही मुक्ति होती है।
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pautra (grandson)
Scene: Prahlāda seated as elder teacher, addressing his grandson; a calm hermitage or temple courtyard; listeners attentive; behind them a symbolic vision of Dvārakā’s spires and the sea, indicating the narrated kṣetra.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (recitation) of a holy site’s māhātmya, centered on Kṛṣṇa, are presented as direct means toward liberation.
Dvārakā, the sacred abode of Kṛṣṇa.
Śṛṇu/śṛṇvataḥ (listening) and gadataḥ (reciting/speaking) the Dvārakā Māhātmya.