Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
स्थापयेद्द्वारकायां वै मूर्तिं दारुशिलामयीम् । त्रैलोक्यं स्थापितं तेन विष्णोः सायुज्यतामियात्
sthāpayeddvārakāyāṃ vai mūrtiṃ dāruśilāmayīm | trailokyaṃ sthāpitaṃ tena viṣṇoḥ sāyujyatāmiyāt
দ্বাৰকাত নিশ্চয় কাঠ বা শিলাৰে নিৰ্মিত ভগৱানৰ মূৰ্তি স্থাপন কৰা উচিত। সেই কৰ্মে যেন ত্ৰিলোক তেওঁৰ দ্বাৰাই স্থাপিত হয়, আৰু তেওঁ বিষ্ণুৰ সায়ুজ্য—ঐক্য—লাভ কৰে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee installs a Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa image in coastal Dvārakā; priests perform consecration rites with kalasha, conch, lamps, and Vedic chanting; the sea and city-gates frame the sanctum, suggesting ‘establishing the three worlds’.
FAQs
Consecrating a Viṣṇu image in Dvārakā is exalted as world-sustaining merit and leads to the highest devotional consummation—Viṣṇu-sāyujya.
Dvārakā, explicitly named as the place where mūrti-pratiṣṭhā yields extraordinary results.
Mūrti-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) of an image made of wood (dāru) or stone (śilā) in Dvārakā.