Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
यः स्नायात्सर्वतीर्थेषु दानं शक्त्या ददाति यः । तस्य पुण्यफलं चैव लोके यज्जायते द्विजाः । कथितं तदशेषेण कलौ कृष्णस्य संस्थितौ
yaḥ snāyātsarvatīrtheṣu dānaṃ śaktyā dadāti yaḥ | tasya puṇyaphalaṃ caiva loke yajjāyate dvijāḥ | kathitaṃ tadaśeṣeṇa kalau kṛṣṇasya saṃsthitau
ஓ த்விஜர்களே! எல்லாத் தீர்த்தங்களிலும் நீராடி, தன் ஆற்றலுக்கேற்ப தானம் அளிப்பவனுக்கு இவ்வுலகில் உண்டாகும் புண்ணியப் பயன்—கலியுகத்தில் கிருஷ்ணன் நிலைபெற்றிருக்கும் प्रसங்கத்தில் முழுமையாக உரைக்கப்பட்டது।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages/brāhmaṇas (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Prabhāsa-kṣetra as Kali-yuga tīrtha-sāra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)
Scene: A sage addresses brāhmaṇas, summarizing the fruits of bathing at all tīrthas and giving charity; behind him, a symbolic map-like panorama shows many rivers and shrines converging into Dvārakā, with Kṛṣṇa’s presence as the unifying center for Kali-yuga seekers.
FAQs
Dharma in Kali-yuga is upheld through accessible acts—tīrtha-bathing and capacity-based charity—whose merits are affirmed in Kṛṣṇa’s sacred context.
The immediate discourse is within Dvārakā-māhātmya, implicitly elevating Dvārakā as a Kali-yuga anchor of Kṛṣṇa’s presence while referencing tīrthas broadly.
Snāna (bathing) at tīrthas and dāna (charity) given according to one’s means (śaktyā).