Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
यस्यां सत्रं प्रपां कृत्वा प्रासादं मंचमेव च । यतीनां शरणं कृत्वा तीरे मंडपमेव च
yasyāṃ satraṃ prapāṃ kṛtvā prāsādaṃ maṃcameva ca | yatīnāṃ śaraṇaṃ kṛtvā tīre maṃḍapameva ca
Sa banal na lungsod na iyon (Dvārakā), kung magtatatag ng satra (pamamahagi ng pagkain), ng prapā (pamamahagi ng tubig), ng bulwagan o dambana at mga pahingahan; at magbibigay-kanlungan sa mga yati (mga renunciate), at magtatayo rin ng isang mandapa sa pampang—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) and the broader audience of pilgrims
Scene: A bustling Dvārakā shoreline with a newly built pavilion (maṇḍapa) facing the sea, a satra serving food to pilgrims, a prapā offering water, and yatis being respectfully welcomed into a sheltered hall.
FAQs
Service to pilgrims and renunciants through public-utility charities at a sacred place is praised as powerful dharma (pūrta).
Dvārakā, implied by the continuing context of the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Building satra (free feeding), prapā (water station), maṇḍapa (pavilion), and providing shelter to yatīs—forms of pūrta-dharma.