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
करोड़ों तीर्थों से उत्पन्न अनेक पुण्य-जल का क्या प्रयोजन? जो सोमेश्वर का दर्शन करके भी द्वारका नहीं जाता, उस पापी को स्वर्गस्थ पितर धिक्कारते हैं।
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’.