माहात्म्यं पठनीयं तु द्वारकासंभवं शुभम् । कृष्णस्य बालचरितं बालकृष्णादिदर्शनम्
māhātmyaṃ paṭhanīyaṃ tu dvārakāsaṃbhavaṃ śubham | kṛṣṇasya bālacaritaṃ bālakṛṣṇādidarśanam
دُوارکا سے وابستہ یہ مبارک ماہاتمیہ ضرور پڑھنا چاہیے؛ اور کرشن کے بال چرتر، بال کرشن وغیرہ کے درشن کے بیان بھی پڑھنے چاہییں۔
Pitṛs (didactic sequence continues; emphasis shifts to śravaṇa/pāṭha as dharma)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reciter reads from a palm-leaf manuscript of Dvārakā-māhātmya; listeners sit with folded hands; interwoven visions of Bāla-Kṛṣṇa—butter theft, cradle, and first darśana—appear as narrative tableaux.
Reciting sacred place-glories and divine līlās is itself a devotional practice that generates auspiciousness and merit.
Dvārakā, whose Māhātmya is explicitly recommended for recitation.
Pāṭha (recitation) of the Dvārakā Māhātmya and Kṛṣṇa’s bāla-carita narratives.