Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
माकान्तवृक्षपत्रैस्तु योऽर्चयेत सदा हरिम् । पुण्यं भवति तस्येह वाजिमेधायुतं कलौ
mākāntavṛkṣapatraistu yo'rcayeta sadā harim | puṇyaṃ bhavati tasyeha vājimedhāyutaṃ kalau
മാകാന്ത വൃക്ഷത്തിന്റെ ഇലകളാൽ എപ്പോഴും ഹരിയെ അർച്ചിക്കുന്നവന്, കലിയുഗത്തിൽ പത്തായിരം അശ്വമേധയാഗങ്ങൾക്കുതുല്യമായ പുണ്യം ലഭിക്കും।
Śrī Prahlāda (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Implied) devotees/pilgrims
Scene: A devotee offers glossy leaves from the mākānta tree to Hari’s icon daily; in the background, a faint vision of a grand Aśvamedha arena dissolves into the simple temple pūjā, showing equivalence of merit in Kali-yuga.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, sincere, simple worship can yield immense merit traditionally associated with grand Vedic sacrifices.
The passage belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya; the practice reflects Dvārakā’s devotional ethos rather than a single named sub-tīrtha in this verse.
Regular arcana of Hari using the leaves of the Mākānta tree.