Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
षण्मासे च भवेत्पुत्रो लक्ष्मीश्चैव विवर्द्धते । तस्य यः शृणुते भक्त्या माहात्म्यं द्वारकाभवम्
ṣaṇmāse ca bhavetputro lakṣmīścaiva vivarddhate | tasya yaḥ śṛṇute bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ dvārakābhavam
Sa loob ng anim na buwan ay ipagkakaloob ang isang anak na lalaki, at tunay na lalago ang kasaganaan—para sa taong nakikinig nang may debosyon sa Māhātmya na nagmula sa kaluwalhatian ng Dvārakā.
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Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee/disciple addressed in the passage
Scene: A devotional listening assembly in a home or temple courtyard; a narrator recites Dvārakā Māhātmya while a couple listens with folded hands; Lakṣmī’s auspicious symbols (lotus, coins, grain) appear subtly, and a child is shown as a blessing motif within a six-month cycle (six moons) in the background.
FAQs
Devotional listening to the Dvārakā Māhātmya is presented as a potent dharmic act that brings both spiritual and worldly welfare.
Dvārakā-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya is said to bestow tangible blessings when heard with bhakti.
Bhakti-yukta śravaṇa (devout listening) to the Dvārakā Māhātmya.