Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
स्नानकाले तु कृष्णस्य जयशब्दं करोति यः । करताल समायुक्तं गीतनृत्यं करोति च
snānakāle tu kṛṣṇasya jayaśabdaṃ karoti yaḥ | karatāla samāyuktaṃ gītanṛtyaṃ karoti ca
कृष्णाच्या स्नानपूजेच्या वेळी जो ‘जय’चा घोष करतो आणि करतालासह गीत-नृत्य करतो, (तो महान पुण्य मिळवतो)।
Unspecified (instructional voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely Sūta in Purāṇic frame)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nara-īśvara addressed in surrounding verses)
Scene: A jubilant temple courtyard: devotees raise ‘Jaya!’ with hands clapping karatālas; singers and dancers surround the Kṛṣṇa icon during snāna-utsava.
FAQs
Joyful, public praise of the Lord—voice and rhythm united—becomes a sanctifying act of devotion.
Dvārakā, in whose worship-culture such celebratory devotion is praised.
At snāna-kāla: chant ‘jaya’, and perform singing and dancing with clapping (karatāla).