Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । श्रूयतां द्विजशार्दूला महामोहविनाशनम् । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं गोमतीकृष्णसन्निधौ
śrīprahlāda uvāca | śrūyatāṃ dvijaśārdūlā mahāmohavināśanam | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ gomatīkṛṣṇasannidhau
ശ്രീപ്രഹ്ലാദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദ്വിജശാർദൂലരേ, ശ്രവിക്കുവിൻ: മഹാമോഹനാശകമായ ദ്വാരകയുടെ മഹാത്മ്യം, ഗോമതിയും ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണനും സന്നിധിയിലേത്.
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa sages
Scene: Prahlāda, radiant and composed, addresses an assembly of brāhmaṇas on the banks of the Gomati; behind him rises Dvārakā’s temple skyline and the suggestion of Kṛṣṇa’s presence as a luminous aura.
FAQs
Hearing the kṣetra-māhātmya with faith dispels delusion and strengthens bhakti.
Dvārakā, particularly in relation to the Gomati and the presence of Kṛṣṇa.
Śravaṇa—devout listening to the māhātmya (sacred account) of Dvārakā.