Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
यः पठेच्छृणुते वापि माहात्म्यं द्वारकाभवम् । न भवेद्भूतवैकल्यं धर्मवैकल्यमेव च
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇute vāpi māhātmyaṃ dvārakābhavam | na bhavedbhūtavaikalyaṃ dharmavaikalyameva ca
जो द्वारका से उत्पन्न इस द्वारका-माहात्म्य को पढ़ता या सुनता है, उसके लिए न शरीर-जीवन की क्षति होती है और न धर्म में कोई कमी आती है।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā Māhātmya
Type: kshetra (kathā-based access)
Listener: Pilgrimage audience (not explicit)
Scene: A small assembly listens to the māhātmya; figures appear healthy and composed; above them, a balanced scale symbolizes dharma, steady and unshaken.
FAQs
Regular reading or hearing of a tīrtha-māhātmya is shown as dharma-sustaining: it supports both worldly well-being and steadiness in righteous conduct.
Dvārakā, via the declared fruits of engaging with its māhātmya.
Pāṭha (reading) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the Dvārakā Māhātmya.