Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
गृहे यस्य सदा तिष्ठेद्गोपीचन्दनमृत्तिका । द्वारका तिष्ठते तत्र कृष्णेन सहिता कलौ
gṛhe yasya sadā tiṣṭhedgopīcandanamṛttikā | dvārakā tiṣṭhate tatra kṛṣṇena sahitā kalau
Na casa de quem sempre se guarda a argila de gopī-candana, ali mesmo Dvārakā permanece na era de Kali—junto com Kṛṣṇa.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (invoked through gopīcandana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A household altar: a small box of gopīcandana on a clean cloth, a devotee applying Urdhva-puṇḍra tilaka; behind, a subtle vision of Dvārakā’s temple and Kṛṣṇa standing with conch and discus, indicating the kṣetra’s presence in the home.
FAQs
Sacred presence is invoked through devotion and sanctifying Vaiṣṇava symbols; a home becomes spiritually equivalent to Dvārakā.
Dvārakā is glorified as mystically present wherever gopīcandana is reverently kept.
Keeping gopīcandana clay in one’s home (and by implication using it for Vaiṣṇava tilaka/pūjā) is praised.