Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
प्राणायामादिसंयुक्तो जपध्यानपरायणः । एकः पश्यति देवेशं कृष्णं तुल्यफलौ हि तौ
prāṇāyāmādisaṃyukto japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | ekaḥ paśyati deveśaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tulyaphalau hi tau
Seseorang mengamalkan disiplin bermula dengan prāṇāyāma serta berpegang teguh pada japa dan meditasi; seorang lagi memandang Kṛṣṇa, Tuhan para dewa—sesungguhnya buah pahala kedua-duanya adalah setara.
Prahlāda (continuing)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A yogin seated in prāṇāyāma and japa beside a riverbank; opposite, the same seeker stands before Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā temple, eyes steady, mind absorbed—two paths converging into one fruit.
FAQs
Yogic discipline is honored, yet the Purāṇa proclaims that the Lord’s darśana can confer an equal culmination through grace.
Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s presence makes darśana a powerful spiritual attainment.
Reference is made to prāṇāyāma, japa, and dhyāna as sādhanā; the verse places Kṛṣṇa-darśana as equal in phala.