Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । समुद्रेण प्रदत्ता मे भूभिर्द्वादशयोजना । तस्यां निवसतो ब्रह्मन्पुरी हेममयी मम
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | samudreṇa pradattā me bhūbhirdvādaśayojanā | tasyāṃ nivasato brahmanpurī hemamayī mama
Śrī Kṛṣṇa disse: “Ó brâmane, o Oceano concedeu-me uma terra que se estende por doze yojanas. Ali habitando, a minha cidade é feita de ouro.”
Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Durvāsā (brāhmaṇa-ṛṣi)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa speaks to a brāhmaṇa-sage beside the sea; the ocean is envisioned as yielding a broad tract of land, upon which a radiant golden city rises.
FAQs
Divine order harmonizes nature and dharma— even the Ocean participates in establishing a righteous sacred city.
Dvārakā, presented as a divinely founded city on land granted by the Ocean.
No direct ritual; the verse functions as māhātmya—establishing Dvārakā’s divine origin and sanctity.