Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
पुरा देवेन कथितं शृणु पात्रं वदाम्यहम् । प्रिया भागवता येषां तेषां दासोऽस्म्यहं सदा
purā devena kathitaṃ śṛṇu pātraṃ vadāmyaham | priyā bhāgavatā yeṣāṃ teṣāṃ dāso'smyahaṃ sadā
പൂർവ്വം ദേവൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തത് കേൾക്കുക; യഥാർത്ഥ യോഗ്യപാത്രൻ ആരെന്നു ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു. ആര്ക്ക് ഭാഗവതഭക്തർ പ്രിയരാണോ, അവരുടെ ദാസനാണ് ഞാൻ എപ്പോഴും।
Viṣṇu (deduced from first-person and Dvārakā Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A humble speaker repeats the Lord’s earlier declaration; he points to a devotee-community; a householder offers gifts to one who honors devotees; the narrator adopts a servant posture toward such a person.
FAQs
Service to and love for Bhagavān’s devotees is presented as a supreme marker of spiritual worthiness.
The teaching appears within the Dvārakā Māhātmya, reinforcing Dvārakā as a bhakti-centered sacred landscape.
A dharmic criterion is given: treat bhāgavatas as dear; such conduct makes one a fit recipient and beloved in the Lord’s regard.