तीर्थानि यानि कानि स्युरश्वमेधादयो मखाः । कृष्णजन्माष्टमीं पौत्र यः करोति विशेषतः
tīrthāni yāni kāni syuraśvamedhādayo makhāḥ | kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīṃ pautra yaḥ karoti viśeṣataḥ
Quels que soient les tīrthas et les sacrifices tels que l’Aśvamedha—ô petit-fils—celui qui observe avec une dévotion particulière la Janmāṣṭamī, la naissance de Kṛṣṇa, obtient le mérite rassemblé de tout cela.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual) / Janmāṣṭamī-vrata (event-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: pautra (grandson) addressed in verse
Scene: A night-time Janmāṣṭamī observance in Dvārakā: devotees with lamps and tulasī, a cradle (jhūlā) for infant Kṛṣṇa, conch and bells, with the sea-city backdrop; symbolic scales showing Aśvamedha and many tīrthas outweighed by the single vrata.
A single heartfelt observance of Janmāṣṭamī is portrayed as spiritually weighty—rivaling the merit of great tīrthas and major sacrifices.
Rather than one site, the verse generalizes ‘all tīrthas’ and redirects focus to Janmāṣṭamī devotion.
Observance (vrata/celebration) of Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī ‘viśeṣataḥ’—with special devotion and emphasis.