Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
ततो लक्ष्मीह्रदाः प्रोक्ता देव्या नात्रैव संज्ञिताः । प्राप्ते तु द्वापरस्यांते रुक्मिणीसंश्रयेण तु
tato lakṣmīhradāḥ proktā devyā nātraiva saṃjñitāḥ | prāpte tu dvāparasyāṃte rukmiṇīsaṃśrayeṇa tu
Therefore they were spoken of as the ‘Lakṣmī-ponds’; the Goddess was not named here in any other way. But when the end of the Dvāpara age arrived, through association with Rukmiṇī (they took on her identity).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya style)
Tirtha: Lakṣmī-hrada (later Rukmiṇī-hrada)
Type: kund
Scene: A contemplative ‘time-lapse’ sense: the same ponds known first as Lakṣmī-hradas, later revered through Rukmiṇī’s association as Dvāpara ends; inscriptions or sages narrate the change.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s identity can unfold across time; divine presence remains one, while names and associations shift with yuga and līlā.
Lakṣmī-hradāḥ—later associated with Rukmiṇī in the Dvārakā sacred landscape.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse explains the tīrtha’s naming and yuga-linked renown.