Shloka 24
Udīcī-diśi Tīrtha-kīrtana
Northern Sacred Places Enumeration
पुण्या द्वारवती तत्र यत्रासौ मधुसूदन: । साक्षाद देव: पुराणोडसौ स हि धर्म: सनातन:,उज्जयन्तके ही आस-पास पुण्यमयी द्वारकापुरी है जहाँ साक्षात् पुराणपुरुष भगवान् मधुसूदन निवास करते हैं। वे ही सनातन धर्मस्वरूप हैं
puṇyā dvāravatī tatra yatrāsau madhusūdanaḥ | sākṣād devaḥ purāṇo 'sau sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ ||
Dhaumya said: “Blessed is the city of Dvāravatī, for there dwells Madhusūdana. He is the ancient Lord Himself, manifest before one’s eyes; indeed, He is the very embodiment of eternal Dharma.”
धौम्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest source of Dharma as the living presence of the divine: where Kṛṣṇa dwells, that place becomes supremely meritorious, because He is portrayed not merely as a teacher of Dharma but as Dharma’s eternal embodiment (sanātana-dharma-svarūpa).
Dhaumya is praising Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) as a uniquely sacred place on account of Kṛṣṇa’s residence there, emphasizing that the city’s sanctity derives from the direct, manifest presence of the primeval Lord.