Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
ततोऽभिमुखमभ्येत्य द्वारकापथिकं मुदा । ननाम श्रद्धया भूमौ तद्दर्शनमहोत्सवः
tato'bhimukhamabhyetya dvārakāpathikaṃ mudā | nanāma śraddhayā bhūmau taddarśanamahotsavaḥ
তখন সে আনন্দভরে সম্মুখে এসে দ্বারকা-গামী পথিককে শ্রদ্ধায় ভূমিতে প্রণাম করল; সেই দর্শনকে সে মহোৎসবের মতো গণ্য করল।
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.