Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
यूयं सर्वाणि तीर्थानि क्षेत्राणि चैव कृत्स्नशः । कृष्णाज्ञया सर्वकालं तिष्ठध्वं सर्वदैवतैः
yūyaṃ sarvāṇi tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi caiva kṛtsnaśaḥ | kṛṣṇājñayā sarvakālaṃ tiṣṭhadhvaṃ sarvadaivataiḥ
तुम्हीच सर्व तीर्थे आणि सर्व पवित्र क्षेत्रे पूर्णपणे आहात. कृष्णाच्या आज्ञेने सर्व देवतांसह सदैव येथे निवास करा।
Nārada (contextual; proclaiming Kṛṣṇa’s ordinance)
Tirtha: Dvārakā as sarva-tīrtha-sāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: yūyam (addressed sacred embodiments—tīrthas/kṣetras personified or the sanctifying assembly)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa’s commanding yet compassionate gesture establishes a cosmic assembly: personified tīrthas and kṣetras (as radiant beings) stand in Dvārakā with a host of devas, indicating perpetual residence by divine decree.
FAQs
The Lord’s will establishes sacred geography—Dvārakā is sanctified as a perpetual convergence of tīrthas and deities.
Dvārakā is implied as the abiding locus where all tīrthas and kṣetras are commanded to remain.
No ritual act is prescribed; the verse states a theological ordinance about the permanent presence of sacred powers.