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
ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਹਲਾਦ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਸੁਣੋ, ਹੇ ਵਿਪ੍ਰੋ! ਸ਼੍ਰੁਤੀ-ਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਮੁਤਾਬਕ ਪੂਜਨ (ਮੈਂ) ਦੱਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਹੇ ਵਿਪ੍ਰੇੰਦਰੋ, ਕਲਿਯੁਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੀ ਯਥਾਵਤ ਪੂਜਾ ਕ੍ਰਮਵਾਰ।”
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.