Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
यात्रार्थं देवदेवस्य यः प्रेरयति चापरान् । मानवान्नात्र सन्देहो लभते वैष्णवं पदम्
yātrārthaṃ devadevasya yaḥ prerayati cāparān | mānavānnātra sandeho labhate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
देवदेवाच्या यात्रेसाठी जो इतरांना प्रेरित करतो, तो मनुष्य—यात संशय नाही—वैष्णव परम पद प्राप्त करतो।
Sūta (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee gestures toward the road to Dvārakā, guiding a small group of pilgrims; above them a symbolic ‘Vaiṣṇava pada’ (lotus-footprint/parama-pada) shines, indicating the promised attainment.
FAQs
Supporting dharma by motivating others toward pilgrimage is itself a powerful devotional act that leads to the highest Vaiṣṇava goal.
Dvārakā, the sacred city of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, praised in the Dvārakā Māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
The prescription is not a material rite but a dharmic act: urging and organizing others to go on yātrā for the Lord.