Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 139
दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं देवं द्वारकां न नरो गतः । पतनं नरके घोरे पितॄणां च भविष्यति
dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ devaṃ dvārakāṃ na naro gataḥ | patanaṃ narake ghore pitṝṇāṃ ca bhaviṣyati
जो मनुष्य सोमेश्वर देवाचे दर्शन करूनही द्वारकेला जात नाही, त्याचा घोर नरकात पतन होतो असे सांगितले आहे—आणि त्याच्या पितरांचेही।
Narrative instructor within Dvārakā-māhātmya
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somanātha) with obligatory Dvārakā completion
Type: kshetra
Listener: Putra (son/disciple) implied by surrounding context
Scene: A pilgrim turns back from the road to Dvārakā after seeing Someśvara; shadowy messengers of Yama loom; faint ancestral figures appear distressed, urging completion of the journey.
FAQs
Sacred duties are communal across generations; neglecting the full pilgrimage is framed as spiritually dangerous.
Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa and Dvārakā.
Complete the yātrā by going to Dvārakā after Someśvara darśana (implied obligation).