Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
वसंति तावका ये च तेषां संख्या वदस्व भोः । यावत्यश्च महिष्यस्ते पुत्राः परिजनास्तथा
vasaṃti tāvakā ye ca teṣāṃ saṃkhyā vadasva bhoḥ | yāvatyaśca mahiṣyaste putrāḥ parijanāstathā
ഹേ മഹാശയാ! അവിടെ വസിക്കുന്ന നിങ്ങളുടെ ജനങ്ങളുടെ എണ്ണം പറയുക. കൂടാതെ നിങ്ങളുടെ മഹിഷിമാർ (റാണിമാർ), പുത്രന്മാർ, പരിജനങ്ങൾ എത്ര?
Durvāsā (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa
Scene: Durvāsā asks pointed, enumerative questions about Dvārakā’s population and Kṛṣṇa’s household—queens, sons, attendants—suggesting a census-like curiosity.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmya often glorifies a sacred city by detailing its righteous social order—people, queens, progeny, and service.
Dvārakā, whose greatness is explored through the scale of Kṛṣṇa’s realm and household.
None; the verse is part of an inquiry leading to the city’s glorification.