Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
पठिष्यंति नरा नित्यं ये वै श्रोप्यंति भक्तितः । तुलापुरुषदानस्य फलं ते प्राप्नुवंति हि
paṭhiṣyaṃti narā nityaṃ ye vai śropyaṃti bhaktitaḥ | tulāpuruṣadānasya phalaṃ te prāpnuvaṃti hi
നിത്യമായി പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവരും ഭക്തിയോടെ ശ്രവിക്കുന്നവരും—തുലാപുരുഷദാനത്തിന്റെ ഫലം നിശ്ചയമായി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from section continuity)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience/king addressed in the section
Scene: A householder performs daily recitation from a manuscript while another listens; beside them a symbolic balance scale shows a human figure being weighed against gold/grain (tulāpuruṣa), indicating equivalence of merit.
FAQs
Devotional recitation and listening can equal the merit of grand charitable rites.
The passage functions within Dvārakā Māhātmya, reinforcing Dvārakā-centered devotional practice.
Nitya-pāṭha (regular recitation) and bhakti-śravaṇa (devotional listening); the merit is likened to tulāpuruṣa-dāna.