Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अपिस्यात्स कुलऽस्माकं यः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणाननात् । द्वारकामाहात्म्यमिदं पूजयिष्यति भक्तितः
apisyātsa kula'smākaṃ yaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇānanāt | dvārakāmāhātmyamidaṃ pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ
ನಮ್ಮ ಕುಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನ ಮುಖದಿಂದ ಈ ದ್ವಾರಕಾ-ಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ, ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಇದನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಿ ಗೌರವಿಸುವವನು ಇರಲಿ.
Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context
Tirtha: Dvārakā (māhātmya-śravaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience receiving the Dvārakā-māhātmya
Scene: A brāhmaṇa recites the Dvārakā-māhātmya to attentive listeners; the text is treated as sacred, with offerings and respectful posture, while a faint vision of Dvārakā and Kṛṣṇa appears behind the reciter.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (listening) to sacred māhātmyas from qualified reciters and honoring them is itself a devotional dharma that bears spiritual fruit.
Dvārakā, through the recitation and reverence of its māhātmya.
Hearing the Dvārakā-māhātmya from a brāhmaṇa and reverently honoring it (pūjana/ādara).