Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
अहो सर्वोत्तमं क्षेत्रं सर्वेषां नोऽघनाशनम् । राजानं तीर्थराजानं द्वारकां शिरसा नमः
aho sarvottamaṃ kṣetraṃ sarveṣāṃ no'ghanāśanam | rājānaṃ tīrtharājānaṃ dvārakāṃ śirasā namaḥ
அஹோ! த்வாரகை எல்லாக் க்ஷேத்திரங்களிலும் உத்தமமானது; எங்கள் பாவங்களை அழிப்பது. தீர்த்தங்களின் அரசன், அரசருள் அரசன் த்வாரகைக்கு தலைவணங்கி வணங்குகிறோம்.
Devotees/pilgrims (collective praise within Dvārakā-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A hymn-like bow: devotees prostrate, touching heads to the ground before the imagined personified Dvārakā as a crowned ‘king of tīrthas’, with the city’s gates and sea behind.
FAQs
Reverence toward a mahā-kṣetra like Dvārakā is itself purifying; the tīrtha is celebrated as a remover of sin and a royal sanctuary of dharma.
Dvārakā is praised as the ‘king of tīrthas’ (tīrtharāja) and the foremost kṣetra.
An act of devotion: bowing (namas) to Dvārakā with humility and reverence.