Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
ततोऽभिमुखमभ्येत्य द्वारकापथिकं मुदा । ननाम श्रद्धया भूमौ तद्दर्शनमहोत्सवः
tato'bhimukhamabhyetya dvārakāpathikaṃ mudā | nanāma śraddhayā bhūmau taddarśanamahotsavaḥ
ثم تقدّم إليه فرِحًا وجهًا لوجه، فانحنى ساجدًا على الأرض بإيمان أمام المسافر المتوجّه إلى دواركا، وجعل ذلك الدَّرشَنَ مهرجانًا عظيمًا.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A traveler marked as Dvārakā-bound stands on a dusty pilgrimage road; another approaches face-to-face, joyfully prostrates on the earth, treating the meeting as a festival; distant hints of sea-wind and temple flags.
FAQs
Reverence to devotees and joyful reception of holy darśana is itself a dharmic celebration that deepens purification.
Dvārakā is explicitly glorified through the figure of the ‘Dvārakā-pathika’ and the festive sanctity of meeting him.
Faithful namaskāra (prostration/bowing) to the holy traveler/devotee is presented as an act of devotion.