Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
गौतमीं तु पुरस्कृत्य ययुर्द्वारवतीं मुदा । तदा सर्वाणि तीर्थानि क्षेत्रारण्यानि कृत्स्नशः । द्वारकागमनं चक्रुः सानन्दा ऋषयः सुराः
gautamīṃ tu puraskṛtya yayurdvāravatīṃ mudā | tadā sarvāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāraṇyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ | dvārakāgamanaṃ cakruḥ sānandā ṛṣayaḥ surāḥ
ഗൗതമിയെ മുൻപിൽ വെച്ച് അവർ സന്തോഷത്തോടെ ദ്വാരവതിയിലേക്കു പോയി. അപ്പോൾ എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും, പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളും, വനാശ്രമങ്ങളും—മുഴുവനായും—ദ്വാരകയിലേക്കു യാത്ര ചെയ്തു; ഋഷികളും ദേവന്മാരും ആനന്ദിച്ചു।
Prahlāda (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī) with Gautamī-led tīrtha-convergence
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wondrous procession: the river Gautamī is symbolically placed at the front, while all tīrthas, kṣetras, and sacred forests follow—sages and gods traveling joyfully toward Dvārakā.
FAQs
Dvārakā is portrayed as the summit of pilgrimage, attracting the sanctity of rivers, kṣetras, and forest-shrines into a single sacred convergence.
Dvārakā/Dvāravatī is glorified as the destination of a universal tīrtha-assembly; Gautamī (Godāvarī) is honored prominently.
Pilgrimage (yātrā) undertaken with reverence—symbolized by honoring Gautamī—and collective movement toward Dvārakā.