Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
दोलासंस्थं च ये कृष्णं पश्यंति मधुमाधवे । तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च मातामहपितामहाः
dolāsaṃsthaṃ ca ye kṛṣṇaṃ paśyaṃti madhumādhave | teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca mātāmahapitāmahāḥ
जो मधुसूदन, माधव श्रीकृष्ण को झूले (दोला) पर विराजमान देखकर दर्शन करते हैं, उनके पुत्र-पौत्र तथा नाना-दादा (मातामह-पितामह) भी उस पुण्य से उद्धरित होते हैं।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa seated on a decorated swing (dolā) within a temple pavilion, garlands and lamps swaying; devotees gaze in rapture. Behind them, a subtle ancestral line motif (faded figures) indicates uplift of forebears and descendants.
FAQs
Darśana (reverent seeing) of Bhagavān in a sacred setting is portrayed as lineage-uplifting merit, extending beyond the individual to family and ancestors.
Dvārakā, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya, highlighting the sanctity of beholding Kṛṣṇa there.
No explicit dāna/snān/japa is prescribed in this verse; the act emphasized is dolā-darśana—seeing Kṛṣṇa seated on the swing—as a meritorious devotional observance.