Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
कथयस्व सुरश्रेष्ठ कथं विष्णुर्महीतले । स्थितश्चानर्त्तविषय एतद्विस्तरतो वद
kathayasva suraśreṣṭha kathaṃ viṣṇurmahītale | sthitaścānarttaviṣaya etadvistarato vada
O pinakamainam sa mga diyos, isalaysay mo: paano nanahan si Viṣṇu sa lupa, at paano Siya nagtatag ng Kanyang luklukan sa lupain ng Ānarta (rehiyon ng Dvārakā)? Iwika mo ito nang ganap na masinsin.
Unnamed interlocutor (listener in the Dvārakā Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Ānarta/Dvārakā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reverent petitioner addresses a radiant deva, asking for the full account of Viṣṇu’s taking residence in Ānarta; the coastline and city silhouette appear behind them as a sacred map.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through sacred history: the Lord’s presence on earth is revealed by attentive listening to māhātmya narration.
Ānarta-deśa, centered on Dvārakā in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
No explicit rite is stated here; it is an invitation to hear the detailed māhātmya (śravaṇa) of the holy region.