Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
वसंति तावका ये च तेषां संख्या वदस्व भोः । यावत्यश्च महिष्यस्ते पुत्राः परिजनास्तथा
vasaṃti tāvakā ye ca teṣāṃ saṃkhyā vadasva bhoḥ | yāvatyaśca mahiṣyaste putrāḥ parijanāstathā
“Katakanlah kepadaku, wahai tuan, berapakah jumlah rakyatmu yang tinggal di sana. Dan berapakah pula permaisuri-permaisurimu, putera-puteramu, serta para pengiring.”
Durvāsā (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa
Scene: Durvāsā asks pointed, enumerative questions about Dvārakā’s population and Kṛṣṇa’s household—queens, sons, attendants—suggesting a census-like curiosity.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmya often glorifies a sacred city by detailing its righteous social order—people, queens, progeny, and service.
Dvārakā, whose greatness is explored through the scale of Kṛṣṇa’s realm and household.
None; the verse is part of an inquiry leading to the city’s glorification.