Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
वापीकूपतडागानि करोत्येकः समाहितः । एकः पश्यति देवेशं कृष्णं तुल्यफलौ हि तौ
vāpīkūpataḍāgāni karotyekaḥ samāhitaḥ | ekaḥ paśyati deveśaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tulyaphalau hi tau
L’un, l’esprit concentré, fait creuser des puits, des puits à degrés et des étangs ; l’autre contemple Kṛṣṇa, Seigneur des dieux—vraiment, le fruit des deux est égal.
Prahlāda (continuing)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Another split-scene: a benefactor supervises digging a well and building a pond with stone steps; parallel scene shows a pilgrim in Dvārakā temple receiving Kṛṣṇa’s darśana—again marked as equal fruit.
FAQs
Charitable acts that sustain society are highly meritorious, yet divine darśana in a holy realm can grant an equal spiritual fruition.
Dvārakā, where beholding Kṛṣṇa is proclaimed as a supreme source of puṇya.
No fixed rite; it praises philanthropic water-works and equates their merit with Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.