Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । पञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणं हि तीर्थं तीर्थवरोत्तमम् । द्वारकानाम विख्यातं कलिदोषविवर्जितम्
bṛhaspatiruvāca | pañcakrośapramāṇaṃ hi tīrthaṃ tīrthavarottamam | dvārakānāma vikhyātaṃ kalidoṣavivarjitam
બૃહસ્પતિ બોલ્યા—પાંચ ક્રોશ પ્રમાણનું આ તીર્થ તીર્થોમાં શ્રેષ્ઠોત્તમ છે; ‘દ્વારકા’ નામે વિખ્યાત છે અને કલિયુગના દોષોથી રહિત છે।
Bṛhaspati
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Surenḍra)
Scene: Bṛhaspati proclaims Dvārakā’s five-krośa sacred expanse as the best of tīrthas, a luminous mandala-like boundary encircling the city by the sea.
FAQs
Dvārakā is proclaimed supremely purifying—so powerful that it is said to remain untouched by Kali-yuga’s defects.
Dvārakā-tīrtha, described as a five-krośa sacred region.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse chiefly praises the sanctity and scope of the tīrtha.