Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । येऽत्र पश्यंति भक्त्या त्वां मां चापि द्विजसत्तम । किं दास्यसि फलं तेषां भाविनां भगवन्वद
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | ye'tra paśyaṃti bhaktyā tvāṃ māṃ cāpi dvijasattama | kiṃ dāsyasi phalaṃ teṣāṃ bhāvināṃ bhagavanvada
Шри Кришна сказал: О лучший из дважды-рождённых, те, кто здесь с преданностью созерцают тебя и также созерцают Меня, какой плод даруешь ты будущим паломникам? Скажи, о Бхагаван.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Durvāsā (dvija-sattama)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa turns to the sage with concern for posterity, asking the fruit for future pilgrims who will behold them with devotion in this place; composition highlights Kṛṣṇa’s compassionate gaze and the sage’s authoritative calm.
FAQs
Devotional darśana at a tīrtha—of both the Lord and a realized sage—yields defined spiritual merit for generations.
The Dvārakā setting is central; the question introduces the merit of the Varadāna tīrtha-context.
The practice implied is darśana with bhakti; subsequent verses add snāna and arcana.