Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 189
पापघ्नी चाष्टमी प्रोक्ता कृष्णस्यातीव वल्लभा । कृता कलौ युगे पुत्र द्वारका मोक्षदायिनी
pāpaghnī cāṣṭamī proktā kṛṣṇasyātīva vallabhā | kṛtā kalau yuge putra dvārakā mokṣadāyinī
L’Aṣṭamī est dite « Pāpaghnī » (qui détruit le péché) et elle est infiniment chère à Kṛṣṇa. En l’âge de Kali, mon fils, Dvārakā—lorsqu’on s’y réfugie et qu’on la sert—accorde la délivrance (mokṣa).
Unspecified in snippet (instructional voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘Putra’ addressed within the verse (disciple/son figure)
Scene: Night of Aṣṭamī in Dvārakā: devotees with lamps and tulasī garlands approach Kṛṣṇa’s temple; a banner reads ‘Pāpaghnī Aṣṭamī’; the sea glimmers, suggesting purification and liberation.
FAQs
Devotion to Kṛṣṇa through sacred-time observance and refuge in Dvārakā is praised as a direct path to purification and mokṣa in Kali Yuga.
Dvārakā is explicitly praised as mokṣa-dāyinī (a giver of liberation).
Observance of the sin-destroying Aṣṭamī (Pāpaghnī) as a Kṛṣṇa-beloved vrata.