Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्यां वसति विश्वात्मा सर्वकामप्रदो हरिः । कला षोडशसंयुक्तो मूर्तिं द्वादशकान्वितः
tasyāṃ vasati viśvātmā sarvakāmaprado hariḥ | kalā ṣoḍaśasaṃyukto mūrtiṃ dvādaśakānvitaḥ
ಆ ದ್ವಾರಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವಾತ್ಮನಾದ ಹರಿ, ಸರ್ವಕಾಮಪ್ರದನಾಗಿ, ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವನು ಷೋಡಶ ಕಲಾಸಂಯುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ದ್ವಾದಶ ಮೂರ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dvārakā as a radiant coastal city; Hari enthroned as Viśvātmā, surrounded by symbols of completeness—sixteen kalās as a luminous halo and twelvefold manifestations suggested as attendant forms or emblems.
FAQs
Dvārakā is sanctified because Bhagavān Hari abides there as the cosmic Self and fulfiller of righteous aims.
Dvārakā/Dvārāvatī as the living abode of Hari.
No explicit rite; the theological praise supports bhakti practices like smaraṇa (remembrance) and tīrtha-yātrā.