Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
तप्तकृच्छ्रं महाकृच्छ्रं मासोपोषणमेव च । यावज्जीवं कृतं तेन येनेदं श्रावितं कलौ
taptakṛcchraṃ mahākṛcchraṃ māsopoṣaṇameva ca | yāvajjīvaṃ kṛtaṃ tena yenedaṃ śrāvitaṃ kalau
Aquele que faz com que este Māhātmya seja ouvido na era de Kali é como se, por toda a vida, tivesse praticado a penitência taptakṛcchra, a penitência mahākṛcchra e jejuns de um mês.
Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned reciter in a temple hall or household maṇḍapa proclaims Dvārakā’s glory to attentive devotees; in the background, the ocean-facing city with Kṛṣṇa’s temple spires and conch-and-disc emblems.
FAQs
Sharing sacred listening (śravaṇa) in Kali-yuga is exalted as spiritually equivalent to lifelong severe austerities.
Dvārakā, because the recited/heard text is its māhātmya.
Śrāvaṇa/śrāvaṇa-karma: causing the māhātmya to be heard (reciting it for others), whose fruit is compared to taptakṛcchra, mahākṛcchra, and month-long fasting.