Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
किं जलैर्बहुभिः पुण्यैस्तीर्थकोटिसमुद्भवैः । दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं यस्तु द्वारकां नैव गच्छति । धिक्कुर्वंति च तं पापं पितरो दिवि संस्थिताः
kiṃ jalairbahubhiḥ puṇyaistīrthakoṭisamudbhavaiḥ | dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ yastu dvārakāṃ naiva gacchati | dhikkurvaṃti ca taṃ pāpaṃ pitaro divi saṃsthitāḥ
À quoi servent tant d’« eaux saintes » issues de crores de tīrthas ? Celui qui, après avoir vu Someśvara, ne se rend pas à Dvārakā—cet homme pécheur, les Pitṛs demeurant au ciel le vouent au blâme.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Someshvara–Prabhāsa with mandated extension to Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim collects waters from many tīrthas in small vessels, yet stands halted at Someshvara; above, luminous Pitṛs in the sky gesture in reproach, pointing toward the road to Dvārakā.
FAQs
The Purāṇa emphasizes completion of the prescribed sacred route; scattered rites are deemed inferior to fulfilling the full tīrtha-connection of Prabhāsa and Dvārakā.
Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa and Dvārakā as the necessary continuation of the pilgrimage.
After Someśvara-darśana, one should proceed to Dvārakā; the verse contrasts this with merely collecting many ‘holy waters’.