Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
आस्फोटयंति पितरः प्रहर्षंति पितामहाः । एवं तं स्वसुतं दृष्ट्वा शृण्वानं कृष्णसंभवम्
āsphoṭayaṃti pitaraḥ praharṣaṃti pitāmahāḥ | evaṃ taṃ svasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā śṛṇvānaṃ kṛṣṇasaṃbhavam
कृष्णसम्भवं पावनाख्यानं शृण्वानं स्वसुतं दृष्ट्वा पितर आस्फोटयन्ति, पितामहाश्च प्रहर्षं यान्ति।
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa context within Māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-inquirer
Scene: An intergenerational vision: a devotee listens to Kṛṣṇa-kathā while, in a subtle upper register, pitṛs and pitāmahas in luminous forms clap and rejoice, showering blessings; the scene blends earthly satsang with ancestral realm.
FAQs
Bhakti is not only personal; hearing Kṛṣṇa-centered sacred narration is portrayed as uplifting one’s lineage and pleasing the ancestors.
Dvārakā by context, as the Māhātmya situates Kṛṣṇa-kathā and its fruits within Dvārakā’s sacred field.
Śravaṇa (devotional listening) of Kṛṣṇa-related Purāṇic narrative—implicitly Bhāgavata-kathā.