Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं शृणु पौत्र मयोदितम् । शृण्वतो गदतश्चापि मुक्तिः कृष्णाद्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
śrīprahlāda uvāca | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pautra mayoditam | śṛṇvato gadataścāpi muktiḥ kṛṣṇādbhaveddhruvam
श्रीप्रह्लाद म्हणाले—हे पौत्रा! माझ्या मुखाने सांगितलेले द्वारकेचे माहात्म्य ऐक. ते ऐकणाऱ्यास आणि ते उच्चारणाऱ्यासही श्रीकृष्णकृपेने निश्चयच मुक्ती मिळते।
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pautra (grandson)
Scene: Prahlāda seated as elder teacher, addressing his grandson; a calm hermitage or temple courtyard; listeners attentive; behind them a symbolic vision of Dvārakā’s spires and the sea, indicating the narrated kṣetra.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) and kīrtana (recitation) of a holy site’s māhātmya, centered on Kṛṣṇa, are presented as direct means toward liberation.
Dvārakā, the sacred abode of Kṛṣṇa.
Śṛṇu/śṛṇvataḥ (listening) and gadataḥ (reciting/speaking) the Dvārakā Māhātmya.