स्कंद उवाच । शृणुष्व मैत्रावरुणे द्वारवत्यां यदूद्वहः । दानवानां वधार्थाय भुवोभारापनुत्तये
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇuṣva maitrāvaruṇe dvāravatyāṃ yadūdvahaḥ | dānavānāṃ vadhārthāya bhuvobhārāpanuttaye
ಸ್ಕಂದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಮೈತ್ರಾವರುಣ, ಕೇಳು. ದ್ವಾರವತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯದುಗಳ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನು (ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣ) ದಾನವರ ವಧಾರ್ಥವೂ ಭೂಭಾರ ನಿವಾರಣಾರ್ಥವೂ ಅವತರಿಸಿದನು.
Skanda
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maitrāvaruṇa
Scene: Skanda, radiant and martial, addresses a sage (Maitrāvaruṇa) and begins the account of Kṛṣṇa’s manifestation in Dvāravatī for slaying Dānavas and lightening Earth’s burden.
Divine descent is portrayed as dharma-restoration—removing oppressive forces and rebalancing the world.
Dvāravatī (Dvārakā), presented as the setting for Kṛṣṇa’s manifest purpose.
No explicit ritual; it introduces a narrative of avatāra and cosmic purpose.