Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154
दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं कृष्णं यदि न पश्यति । यात्राफलं न चाप्नोति वदत्येवं स्वयं शिवः
dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ yadi na paśyati | yātrāphalaṃ na cāpnoti vadatyevaṃ svayaṃ śivaḥ
Selbst wenn man den Gott Someśvara geschaut hat, erlangt man die Frucht der Pilgerfahrt nicht, wenn man Kṛṣṇa nicht erblickt—so verkündet es Śiva selbst.
Śiva
Tirtha: Someśvara (as a darśana-point) and Dvārakā (as completion)
Type: temple
Listener: Pilgrims/seekers (implied)
Scene: A pilgrim stands before a Śiva shrine labeled Someśvara, then turns toward the distant Dvārakā Kṛṣṇa temple; above, Śiva appears as a speaking witness declaring the rule of pilgrimage fruit.
FAQs
A pilgrimage is considered complete only when its central divinity—here Kṛṣṇa at Dvārakā—is directly sought and seen.
Dvārakā, with reference to Someśvara and the necessity of Kṛṣṇa-darśana.
Darśana of Kṛṣṇa is prescribed as necessary to gain yātrā-phala (pilgrimage merit).