Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155
दृष्टोऽहं तैर्न सन्देहो यैः कृतं कृष्णदर्शनम् । एका मूर्तिर्न सन्देहो मम कृष्णस्य नांतरम्
dṛṣṭo'haṃ tairna sandeho yaiḥ kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇadarśanam | ekā mūrtirna sandeho mama kṛṣṇasya nāṃtaram
Wer Kṛṣṇa geschaut hat, hat wahrlich auch mich geschaut—ohne Zweifel. Es gibt nur eine göttliche Gestalt; zwischen mir und Kṛṣṇa besteht kein Unterschied.
Śiva
Tirtha: Dvārakā (as the setting for Kṛṣṇa-darśana equated with Śiva-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/seekers (implied)
Scene: Śiva declares identity with Kṛṣṇa: a composite Harihara-like vision or two deities sharing a single aura; devotees realize that Kṛṣṇa-darśana equals Śiva-darśana.
FAQs
It teaches Hari–Hara harmony: devotion to Kṛṣṇa is not opposed to Śiva, for the divine is affirmed as non-different in essence.
Dvārakā, as the setting where Kṛṣṇa-darśana is praised and linked to Śiva’s own presence.
Kṛṣṇa-darśana is upheld as spiritually equivalent to Śiva-darśana in this context.