Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
वैष्णवानां तु भक्तानां यत्फलं वेदवादिनाम् । पठतां वैष्णवं शास्त्रं वैष्णवानां तु यच्छताम्
vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu bhaktānāṃ yatphalaṃ vedavādinām | paṭhatāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śāstraṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu yacchatām
हे राजन्! भक्त वैष्णवांना जे फळ मिळते, तेच वेदवाद्यांना; वैष्णव शास्त्राचे पठण करणाऱ्यांना आणि वैष्णवांना दान देणाऱ्यांनाही तेच फळ प्राप्त होते।
Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator addressing a king)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (addressed ‘O king’ in translation)
Scene: A learned assembly in Dvārakā: a Vaiṣṇava teacher recites śāstra; devotees listen; a king offers gifts to Vaiṣṇavas; Vedic palm-leaf manuscripts and tulasī present, linking learning, devotion, and charity.
FAQs
Devotion to Viṣṇu expressed through scripture-study and honoring Vaiṣṇava devotees yields Vedic-level merit.
The surrounding passage belongs to the Dvārakā Māhātmya within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, praising Dvārakā-centered Vaiṣṇava worship.
Recitation/study of Vaiṣṇava scripture and dāna (giving) to Vaiṣṇavas.