Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49
स्थापयेद्द्वारकायां वै मूर्तिं दारुशिलामयीम् । त्रैलोक्यं स्थापितं तेन विष्णोः सायुज्यतामियात्
sthāpayeddvārakāyāṃ vai mūrtiṃ dāruśilāmayīm | trailokyaṃ sthāpitaṃ tena viṣṇoḥ sāyujyatāmiyāt
द्वारकेत लाकूड किंवा दगडाची भगवंताची मूर्ती स्थापावी. त्या पुण्यकर्माने जणू त्रैलोक्य स्थिर होते आणि उपासकास विष्णूचे सायुज्य प्राप्त होते.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee installs a Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa image in coastal Dvārakā; priests perform consecration rites with kalasha, conch, lamps, and Vedic chanting; the sea and city-gates frame the sanctum, suggesting ‘establishing the three worlds’.
FAQs
Consecrating a Viṣṇu image in Dvārakā is exalted as world-sustaining merit and leads to the highest devotional consummation—Viṣṇu-sāyujya.
Dvārakā, explicitly named as the place where mūrti-pratiṣṭhā yields extraordinary results.
Mūrti-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration) of an image made of wood (dāru) or stone (śilā) in Dvārakā.