Place

Dvaraka

द्वारकाDvārakā

Also called Dwarka

verses
1,224
books
21
chapters
363
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What the texts say

In the Bhagavata Purana, Dvaraka is the city of Krishna and the Yadus, his kinsmen, with the ocean as its protective moat. Bhagavatam 10.52.13, 10.84.70 In the same Purana, the skill of the builder Vishvakarma gave it wide avenues, gardens and golden gateway towers. Bhagavatam 10.50.50 In that city, sixteen thousand palaces were the homes of Krishna's queens. Bhagavatam 10.69.7 In the Mahabharata, Arjuna went to Dvaravati, another name for Dvaraka, and married Subhadra, Krishna's sister. Mahabharata 1.90.85 Krishna foretells in the Bhagavata Purana that the ocean will flood the city once he has left it. Bhagavatam 11.30.47

Where to read

Every verse that names Dvaraka, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    573 verses · 96 chapters

    All 573 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 7.4.23.1

      Markandeya bole, Indradyumna, suno Dwaraka ki baat. Kali yug mein bhi wahan Krishna rehte hain jo sab takleef door karte hain.

    • 7.4.32.7

      Devi Dwarake, Gautami tumhe pranaam karti hai. Dekho dekho, yeh Bhagirathi bhi aa gayi hai. Yeh bahut punya wali nadi hai.

    • 7.4.24.1

      Markandeya Raja ko batate hain. Chandrasharma naam ka ek pandit tha. Uske pitaji pret banke aaye the aur kuch kaha tha. Woh kaam karke woh Dwarka pahunch gaya.

  2. Bhagavatam

    197 verses · 46 chapters

    All 197 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 1.10.27

      Dwarka city dekhne layak hai. Yeh swarg se bhi acchi hai. Log yahan bhagwan Krishna ko roz dekhte hain. Woh muskura ke sab pe mehar karte hain. Sab log khush rehte hain.

    • 1.11.1

      Suta ne kaha: Jab Bhagwan Dwarak ke border ke paas pahunche. Unhone apna shankh bajaya. Yeh sun ke logon ko laga jaise unka dukh door ho gaya. Shankh ki awaaz se laga ki Bhagwan aa gaye hain.

    • 1.12.36

      Jab raja ne unhe jaane ki ijazat di, toh Krishna bhagwan Dwaraka ke liye nikle. Draupadi aur baaki rishtedar bhi saath the. Arjun aur Yaduvanshi bhi saath the.

  3. Mahabharata

    154 verses · 57 chapters

    All 154 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 159 verses

    • 1.1.103

      Jab maine suna ki Dwarka mein Arjun ne Subhadra ko le bhaga. Vrishni ke dono veer Indraprastha chale gaye. Sanjay, tab bhi maine jeet ki umeed nahi ki.

    • 1.2.92

      Dwarka mein Subhadra thi. Arjun ne use pyaar ki gaadi se le liya. Vasudev ne haan kardi thi.

    • 1.55.32

      Arjun poora ek saal aur ek mahina jungle mein raha. Phir woh Hrishikesh se milne Dwarka gaya.

  4. Padma Purana

    103 verses · 56 chapters

    All 103 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 6.208.1

      Narad ne kaha, Vimala brahman ko lekar Dwarka aaya. Dono phir se nahane gaye kyunki unhe Vishnu ki bhakti chahiye thi. Raja, aasmaan se phir ek awaaz aayee jaise baadal ghana ho.

    • 6.252.31

      Ek brahmin tha, Ramakrishna-sateerthya naam ka. Woh Krishna ka bachpan ka dost tha. Gareebi usko hamesha satati thi. Usne ek purana kapda mein thoda sa bheek manga hua chawal bandha. Phir woh Dwaraka nagari gaya Krishna ko milne.

    • 6.207.2

      Shibiri ne kaha. Muniyon mein sabse bade, woh rakshasiyan toh registan ke raaste par khadi hain. Toh phir inhe Dwarika ka paani kahan se mila?

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Dvaraka matters most.

  1. Dvārakā-Māhātmya: Kṛṣṇa-darśana, Gomati-tīrtha, and Dvādaśī-vedha Ethics (Chapter 23)

    Skanda Purana 7.4.23 · 62 verses

  2. Dvārakā as the Convergence of All Tīrthas and the Assembly of Devas

    Skanda Purana 7.4.32 · 52 verses

  3. Chandraśarmā’s Dvārakā Darśana, Praise of Trispr̥śā Dvādaśī, and Instruction on Ancestral Liberation

    Skanda Purana 7.4.24 · 37 verses

  4. The Glory of Dvārakā and Comparative Tīrtha-Merit

    Skanda Purana 7.4.25 · 36 verses

  5. Dvārakā-kṣetra-māhātmya: Darśana, Dāna, Gomati-snānaphala, and Vaiṣṇava-nindā-doṣa (द्वारकाक्षेत्रमाहात्म्य · वैष्णवनिन्दादोषः)

    Skanda Purana 7.4.35 · 30 verses

  6. Procedure and Ethics of the Pilgrimage to Dvārakā

    Skanda Purana 7.4.30 · 21 verses

  7. Dvārakā as Tīrtha-Saṅgama: Darśana of Kṛṣṇa’s Ālaya and the Gomatī Māhātmya (द्वारकाक्षेत्रमहिमा तथा गोमतीमाहात्म्य)

    Skanda Purana 7.4.31 · 19 verses

  8. Chapter 42: Results of bull-release and related rites; fruits of hearing/reciting Dvārakā Māhātmya

    Skanda Purana 7.4.42 · 18 verses

  9. Vajralepa-vināśaḥ: The Dissolution of Hardened Wrongdoing through Dvārakā-Pathika Darśana

    Skanda Purana 7.4.34 · 16 verses

  10. Residence of All Tīrthas and Kṣetras at Dvārakā

    Skanda Purana 7.4.33 · 10 verses

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