Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76
तुष्यामि साधनैर्नान्यैर्मत्कथाकथनैरपि । यथा संपूज्य मामत्र मम प्रीतिर्भविष्यति
tuṣyāmi sādhanairnānyairmatkathākathanairapi | yathā saṃpūjya māmatra mama prītirbhaviṣyati
میں دوسرے کسی وسیلے سے—حتیٰ کہ میری کہانیاں سنانے سے بھی—اتنا خوش نہیں ہوتا؛ جتنا کہ یہاں میری شاستری طریقے سے پوجا کی جائے تو میری رضا و محبت ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔
Keśava (Śrī Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni interlocutor in Dvārakāmāhātmya
Scene: Inside a coastal temple, the deity declares that formal worship here pleases him most; priests arrange lamps and flowers while devotees listen, emphasizing sanctity of place and ritual precision.
FAQs
Place-based worship (tīrtha-pūjā) is presented as a powerful form of bhakti that quickly draws divine pleasure.
Dvārakā, indicated by “atra” within the Dvārakā Māhātmya context.
Saṃpūjā—proper, complete worship of the Lord at the sacred place.