Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
अनशनेन यत्पुण्यं प्रयागे त्यजतस्तनुम् । द्वादश्यां निमिषार्द्धेन तत्फलं कृष्णसन्निधौ
anaśanena yatpuṇyaṃ prayāge tyajatastanum | dvādaśyāṃ nimiṣārddhena tatphalaṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau
प्रयागी द्वादशीला उपवास करून देहत्याग केल्याने जे पुण्य मिळते, तेच फळ श्रीकृष्णसन्निधानी अर्ध्या निमिषातच प्राप्त होते।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Dvārakā on Dvādaśī stands before Kṛṣṇa’s sanctum; the ocean-city and temple spire behind, while a faint, distant vignette shows Prayāga’s confluence and an ascetic’s severe fast—contrasted with the immediacy of Kṛṣṇa’s presence.
FAQs
The verse proclaims the extraordinary potency of Kṛṣṇa’s presence: the merit of severe austerity and even death at a famed tīrtha is said to be swiftly attained by devotion in Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi, especially on Dvādaśī.
Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi) is glorified as supremely merit-giving; Prayāga is referenced as a benchmark tīrtha for comparison.
Anaśana (fasting) is mentioned, and the timing emphasized is Dvādaśī; the teaching highlights the amplified fruit of vrata-like observance when oriented to Kṛṣṇa’s presence.