Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91
मद्भक्तिं वहतां पुंसामिह लोके परेऽपि वा । नाशुभं विद्यते किंचित्कुलकोटिं नयेद्दिवम्
madbhaktiṃ vahatāṃ puṃsāmiha loke pare'pi vā | nāśubhaṃ vidyate kiṃcitkulakoṭiṃ nayeddivam
जे पुरुष माझी भक्ती करतात, त्यांना इहलोकात किंवा परलोकात काहीही अशुभ नसते; ती भक्ती त्यांच्या कोटी कुळांना स्वर्गात नेते.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Generalized audience (‘puṃsām’) extending beyond the immediate brāhmaṇa listener
Scene: A doctrinal climax: those who ‘carry’ devotion to the Lord have no inauspiciousness in this world or the next; such devotion can elevate even ten million of one’s lineage to heaven.
FAQs
Devotion is portrayed as a supreme purifier: it protects the devotee from misfortune and radiates merit outward to uplift one’s lineage.
The verse is theological rather than geographical, but it belongs to the Dvārakā Māhātmya frame where devotion in the Lord’s sacred domain is emphasized.
No specific rite is given; the central prescription is sustaining devotion (mad-bhakti).