Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75
तस्मादन्यत्सरस्वत्यां तीर्थं द्वारवती स्मृतम् । तीर्थानां प्रवरं देवि यत्र संनिहितो हरिः
tasmādanyatsarasvatyāṃ tīrthaṃ dvāravatī smṛtam | tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ devi yatra saṃnihito hariḥ
তাৰ পৰা সৰস্বতীত আন এটা তীৰ্থ আছে, যাক ‘দ্বাৰৱতী’ বুলি স্মৰণ কৰা হয়। হে দেবী, তীৰ্থসমূহৰ ভিতৰত ই শ্ৰেষ্ঠ, কিয়নো তাত হৰি সন্নিহিত।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; vocative 'devī' retained from source narration)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (on Sarasvatī, Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A radiant Hari presence at a Sarasvatī-bank tīrtha named Dvāravatī: a small Viṣṇu shrine with tulasī, flags, and pilgrims; the river glows as if sanctified by proximity to Dvārakā’s aura.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes ‘foremost’ when the Divine abides there; presence (saṃnidhi) is the heart of māhātmya.
Dvāravatī Tīrtha on the Sarasvatī, sanctified by the presence of Hari (Viṣṇu).
No specific rite is stated; the implied practice is darśana and worship of Hari at Dvāravatī tīrtha.