Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
प्रह्लाद उवाच । परस्परं वरौ दत्त्वा कृष्णदुर्वाससौ मुदा । ततः प्रभृति विप्रेन्द्रास्तस्मिन्स्थाने ह्यतिष्ठताम् । वरदानमिति प्रोक्तं तत्तीर्थं सर्वकामदम्
prahlāda uvāca | parasparaṃ varau dattvā kṛṣṇadurvāsasau mudā | tataḥ prabhṛti viprendrāstasminsthāne hyatiṣṭhatām | varadānamiti proktaṃ tattīrthaṃ sarvakāmadam
Prahlāda said: Joyfully granting boons to one another, Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā from that time onward remained at that very spot. That tīrtha came to be known as “Varadāna” (Bestowal of Boons), and it fulfills all desires.
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Varadāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprendras (addressed as ‘vīpreन्द्राः’—leading brāhmaṇas/sages)
Scene: Prahlāda narrates: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā exchange boons joyfully and choose to abide at the spot; the tīrtha is proclaimed ‘Varadāna’, radiating wish-fulfilling power.
FAQs
When divine grace and saintly power converge, a place becomes a wish-fulfilling tīrtha for devotees.
Varadāna Tīrtha in Dvārakā, established by the mutual boon-giving of Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā.
Implicitly, pilgrimage to the named tīrtha for desire-fulfillment; the chapter’s context connects it with snāna and pūjā.