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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.209

yathā skānde—
[yathaa skaande—]
vaiṣṇavāni tu śāstrāṇī ye śṛṇvanti paṭhanti ca |
[vaishnavaani tu shaastraanee ye shrinvanti pathanti cha |]
dhanyās te mānavā loke tesāṁ kṛṣṇaḥ prasīdati ||207||
[dhanyaas te maanavaa loke tesaam krishnah praseedati ||207||]
vaiṣṇavāni tu śāstrāṇī ye ’rcayanti gṛhe narāḥ |
[vaishnavaani tu shaastraanee ye ’rchayanti grihe naraah |]
sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktā bhavanti sura-vanditāḥ ||208||
[sarva-paapa-vinirmuktaa bhavanti sura-vanditaah ||208||]
tiṣṭhate vaiṣṇavaṁ śāstraṁ likhitaṁ yasya mandire |
[tishthate vaishnavam shaastram likhitam yasya mandire |]
tatra nārāyaṇo devaḥ svayaṁ vasati nārada ||209||
[tatra naaraayano devah svayam vasati naarada ||209||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā skānde—
vaiṣṇavāni tu śāstrāṇī ye śṛṇvanti paṭhanti ca |
dhanyās te mānavā loke tesāṁ kṛṣṇaḥ prasīdati ||207||
vaiṣṇavāni tu śāstrāṇī ye ’rcayanti gṛhe narāḥ |
sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktā bhavanti sura-vanditāḥ ||208||
tiṣṭhate vaiṣṇavaṁ śāstraṁ likhitaṁ yasya mandire |
tatra nārāyaṇo devaḥ svayaṁ vasati nārada ||209||
From Skanda Purāṇa: O Nārada, fortunate are those people in this world who hear and read the Vaiṣṇava scriptures. Kṛṣṇa is pleased with them. Those who worship the Vaiṣṇava scriptures in their houses become free of all sins and are praised by the devatās. The Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa Himself lives in the house where the written Vaiṣṇava scriptures have appeared.

In the Skanda Purāṇa there is this statement: “A person who is constantly engaged in reading literature enunciating the cultivation of Vaiṣṇava devotional service is always glorious in human society, and certainly Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes pleased with him. A person who very carefully keeps such literature at home and offers respectful obeisances to it becomes freed from all sinful reactions and ultimately becomes worshipable by the demigods.” It is also said to Nārada Muni, “My dear Nārada, a person who writes Vaiṣṇava literature and keeps such literature at home has Lord Nārāyaṇa always residing in his house.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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