Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
द्वारे कृष्णस्य यो नित्यं दीपमालां करोति हि । सप्तद्वीपवतीराज्यं द्वीपेद्वीपे फलं लभेत्
dvāre kṛṣṇasya yo nityaṃ dīpamālāṃ karoti hi | saptadvīpavatīrājyaṃ dvīpedvīpe phalaṃ labhet
Whoever daily arranges a garland-row of lamps at the doorway of Śrī Kṛṣṇa gains the fruit of sovereignty over the “seven continents”; in each realm he receives its due reward.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya sections)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nareśvara / nṛpa
Scene: A long lamp-garland lines the doorway of Kṛṣṇa’s shrine in Dvārakā; the entrance glows like a constellation, while the devotee performs daily service; symbolic map of ‘seven continents’ suggested in the background as a cosmic motif.
FAQs
Simple, consistent temple service—like offering lamps—carries immense merit and elevates one’s destiny.
Dvārakā, the abode of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, praised in the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Daily arranging a dīpamālā (a row/garland of lamps) at Kṛṣṇa’s doorway—an act of dīpadāna and temple upacāra.