Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 86
दुर्लभो द्वारकावासो दुर्लभं कृष्णदर्शनम् । दुर्लभं गोमतीस्नानं दुर्लभो रुक्मिणीपतिः
durlabho dvārakāvāso durlabhaṃ kṛṣṇadarśanam | durlabhaṃ gomatīsnānaṃ durlabho rukmiṇīpatiḥ
द्वारकेत वास करणे दुर्लभ, श्रीकृष्णदर्शन दुर्लभ। गोमतीस्नान दुर्लभ, आणि रुक्मिणीपति प्रभूही दुर्लभ।
Unknown (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā; Gomati-snānā
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim at dawn on the Gomati ghāṭa in Dvārakā, hands folded after snāna, gazing toward the temple where Rukmiṇīpati Kṛṣṇa is envisioned; the city’s sea-facing grandeur suggests the ‘rare’ fortune of residence and darśana.
FAQs
Access to sacred place, sacred river, and divine darśana is a rare grace; one should value and seek it with devotion.
Dvārakā and the Gomati river associated with it.
Gomatī-snānā (bathing in the Gomati) and seeking Kṛṣṇa-darśana.