Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । एवं ते कौरवाः सर्वे पांडोः पुत्राश्च शालिनः । तस्मात्स्थानात्ततो जग्मुर्यत्र द्वारवती पुरी
| sūta uvāca | evaṃ te kauravāḥ sarve pāṃḍoḥ putrāśca śālinaḥ | tasmātsthānāttato jagmuryatra dvāravatī purī
সূত ক’লে: এইদৰে সেই সকলো কৌৰৱ আৰু পাণ্ডুৰ যশস্বী পুত্ৰসকল, সেই স্থানৰ পৰা যাত্ৰা কৰিলে য’ত দ্বাৰৱতী নগৰী অৱস্থিত।
Sūta
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A departure scene: Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas in orderly procession leaving a sacred spot; in the distance rises the fortified, ocean-adjacent city of Dvāravatī with gateways, flags, and temples; Sūta’s narration frames the panorama.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma is mapped through movement—after completing rites at one kṣetra, the righteous proceed to another sacred center.
Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) is explicitly named as the destination, a major sacred city in Purāṇic sacred geography.
None in this verse; it transitions the narrative to the pilgrimage destination, Dvāravatī.