Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । श्रूयतां पूजनं विप्राः श्रुतपूर्वं विधानतः । कलौ कृष्णस्य विप्रेन्द्रा यथावदनुपूर्वशः
śrīprahlāda uvāca | śrūyatāṃ pūjanaṃ viprāḥ śrutapūrvaṃ vidhānataḥ | kalau kṛṣṇasya viprendrā yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
Śrī Prahlāda berkata: “Dengarlah, wahai para brāhmaṇa—aku akan menghuraikan pemujaan sebagaimana didengar dari tradisi dan menurut ketetapan. Dalam zaman Kali, wahai yang terbaik di antara brāhmaṇa, pemujaan Kṛṣṇa yang benar akan kujelaskan langkah demi langkah.”
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprāḥ / viprendra-s (sages)
Scene: Prahlāda begins formal instruction: he asks the brāhmaṇas to listen as he narrates the traditional, ordinance-based worship of Kṛṣṇa for Kali-yuga, in proper sequence.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, dharma is preserved through accessible, properly performed devotion to Kṛṣṇa guided by received tradition.
The broader context is Dvārakā Māhātmya; the worship instructions relate to approaching Dvārakā and its divine order.
Prahlāda announces a ‘proper, sequential’ (yathāvat, anupūrvaśaḥ) method of Kṛṣṇa worship suited to Kali-yuga.