Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
सा स्थिता च पुरे तत्र गतोऽहं शक्रसद्म च । ततो द्वारवतीं प्राप्य त्वया सह समागतः
sā sthitā ca pure tatra gato'haṃ śakrasadma ca | tato dvāravatīṃ prāpya tvayā saha samāgataḥ
ਉਹ ਉੱਥੇ ਉਸ ਨਗਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕੀ ਰਹੀ, ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ ਦੇ ਧਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ। ਫਿਰ ਦ੍ਵਾਰਵਤੀ ਪਹੁੰਚ ਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਾਪ ਕੀਤਾ।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Maurvī remains in her city; Skanda journeys to Indra’s celestial abode and then arrives at Dvāravatī to meet the interlocutor.
FAQs
Purāṇic narration links sacred places and realms, showing dharma as spanning earth, cities, and heaven.
Dvāravatī is explicitly mentioned as a significant sacred city within the narrative’s geography.
None; the verse functions as a narrative transition across sacred locations.