Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
अतीतं वर्त्तमानं च भविष्यद्यच्च पातकम् । निर्द्दहेन्नास्ति संदेहो द्वारका मनसा स्मृता
atītaṃ varttamānaṃ ca bhaviṣyadyacca pātakam | nirddahennāsti saṃdeho dvārakā manasā smṛtā
ભૂત, વર્તમાન અને ભવિષ્યનાં પણ જે પાપો છે, તે સર્વ નિઃસંદેહ ભસ્મ થાય છે—જ્યારે મનમાં દ્વારકાનું સ્મરણ થાય છે।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (generic; often sages/śaunaka-group in purāṇic frame)
Scene: A devotee seated in meditation visualizes golden Dvārakā rising from the sea; a subtle fire of mantra consumes dark smoke-like sins labeled past, present, future.
FAQs
Sacred geography is spiritually potent: even mental remembrance of a supremely holy place purifies and transforms karma.
Dvārakā is glorified as so purifying that even its remembrance destroys sins.
Smaraṇa (mindful remembrance) of Dvārakā is presented as a powerful purificatory practice.