Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
यत्फलं व्रतसंयुक्तैर्वासरैः कृष्णसंयुतैः । यज्ञैर्दानैर्बृहद्भिश्च द्वारकायां तथैकया
yatphalaṃ vratasaṃyuktairvāsaraiḥ kṛṣṇasaṃyutaiḥ | yajñairdānairbṛhadbhiśca dvārakāyāṃ tathaikayā
ব্রতযুক্ত ও শ্রীকৃষ্ণ-সমর্পিত দিনসমূহে, এবং মহাযজ্ঞ ও মহাদানে যে ফল লাভ হয়—দ্বারকায় একটিমাত্র (আচরণ) দ্বারাও সেই ফলই প্রাপ্ত হয়।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative voice addressing a king)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: on one side elaborate yajñas and heaps of gifts; on the other a single devotee in Dvārakā offering a lamp and tulasī to Kṛṣṇa—both scales balance equally, showing equivalence of fruit.
FAQs
Sacred place (Dvārakā) magnifies merit: a single observance there can equal extensive ritual and charity elsewhere.
Dvārakā is explicitly praised as a merit-amplifying sacred site.
General mention of vrata-days, yajña, and dāna; the verse highlights their equivalence to a single observance in Dvārakā.