Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अन्यत्र वै यतीनां तु कोटीनां यत्फलं भवेत् । द्वारकायां तु चैकेन भोजितेन ततोऽधिकम्
anyatra vai yatīnāṃ tu koṭīnāṃ yatphalaṃ bhavet | dvārakāyāṃ tu caikena bhojitena tato'dhikam
دوسری جگہوں پر کروڑوں یتیوں کو بھوجن کرانے سے جو پھل ملتا ہے، دوارکا میں تو ایک ہی کو کھلانا اس سے بھی بڑھ کر پھل دیتا ہے۔
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Dvārakā offers a simple meal to a single ascetic seated calmly near a ghat/temple; above, an unseen scale of merit tilts dramatically, suggesting the kṣetra’s amplifying power.
FAQs
Place and sanctity amplify dharma: charity performed in a highly praised tīrtha yields extraordinary fruit.
Dvārakā is explicitly glorified as surpassing other places in the fruit of feeding (annadāna).
Feeding (bhojana/annadāna), especially to renunciants or worthy recipients, is recommended as exceptionally fruitful at Dvārakā.