Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
मधुसूदनीं नरो यस्तु द्वारवत्यां करोति च । पूजयेत्कृष्णदेवं च स्नापयित्वा विलिप्य च
madhusūdanīṃ naro yastu dvāravatyāṃ karoti ca | pūjayetkṛṣṇadevaṃ ca snāpayitvā vilipya ca
जो मनुष्य द्वारवती में मधुसूदन का व्रत/पूजन करता है, वह देवता को स्नान कराकर और लेप लगाकर श्रीकृष्णदेव की भी पूजा करे।
Prahlāda (continuing instruction)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas/devotees
Scene: A devotee in Dvārakā performs abhiṣeka to a Kṛṣṇa/Madhusūdana arcā: water poured from a kalaśa, then sandal paste applied; attendants hold cloth and ritual trays; temple pillars and sea-horizon suggest coastal sanctum.
FAQs
Devotion becomes complete when worship is offered with reverent service—bathing and anointing the Lord as an honored presence.
Dvāravatī/Dvārakā, the sacred city of Kṛṣṇa in the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Bathe the deity (snāpana) and anoint it (vilepana) before worshipping Kṛṣṇa.