Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
माहात्म्यं द्वारकायास्तु अथवा यः शृणोति च । विशेषेण तु वैशाख्यां जयंत्याश्चैव जागरे
māhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāstu athavā yaḥ śṛṇoti ca | viśeṣeṇa tu vaiśākhyāṃ jayaṃtyāścaiva jāgare
ଯେ ଭକ୍ତିସହିତ ଦ୍ୱାରକାର ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ ଶୁଣେ—ବିଶେଷକରି ବୈଶାଖ ମାସରେ ଓ ଜୟନ୍ତୀର ରାତ୍ରି-ଜାଗରଣରେ—ସେ ବିଶେଷ ପୁଣ୍ୟ ଲାଭ କରେ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A night-time assembly in Dvārakā: devotees seated with lamps, listening to a reciter narrate Dvārakā-māhātmya; the sea breeze, temple spire, and Kṛṣṇa’s presence felt. A calendar cue: Vaiśākha moon and ‘Jayantī’ vigil atmosphere.
FAQs
Hearing sacred-place glorification (māhātmya-śravaṇa) is itself a potent devotional act, intensified by auspicious calendrical times.
Dvārakā, explicitly through its māhātmya.
Listening to Dvārakā Māhātmya, particularly in Vaiśākha and during the Jayantī night-vigil (jāgara).