Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
श्वशुराद्याः सभृत्याश्च पशवश्च नरोत्तम । क्रीडंति विष्णुना सार्द्धं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
śvaśurādyāḥ sabhṛtyāśca paśavaśca narottama | krīḍaṃti viṣṇunā sārddhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
おお人の中の最勝者よ。舅をはじめ諸親族、従者、さらには獣たちまでもが、ヴィシュヌと共に戯れ、衆生の究極の大壊滅に至るまでその御側にとどまる。
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: naroत्तम (addressed: ‘O best of men’)
Scene: A celestial garden-like Dvārakā-Vaikuṇṭha scene: Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa plays (kṛḍā) with a group including elders, in-laws, attendants, and gentle animals (cows, deer, birds). In the far background, a cosmic ocean hints at pralaya, yet the play continues undisturbed.
FAQs
Association with Viṣṇu through the sanctity of Dvārakā is portrayed as so powerful that it elevates not only the devotee but also their household—relatives, attendants, and even animals—into enduring divine fellowship.
Dvārakā, celebrated in the Dvārakā Māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where closeness to Viṣṇu is described as lasting up to cosmic dissolution.
No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is explicitly stated in this verse; it emphasizes the resulting spiritual fruit—companionship with Viṣṇu—rather than a particular procedure.