Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
या काचिद्द्वादशी भूप जायते कृष्णसन्निधौ । पश्यामि नांतरं किञ्चित्कलिकाले विशेषतः
yā kāciddvādaśī bhūpa jāyate kṛṣṇasannidhau | paśyāmi nāṃtaraṃ kiñcitkalikāle viśeṣataḥ
ข้าแต่พระราชา ทวาทศีใดๆ ที่บังเกิดขึ้นในสันนิธิแห่งพระศรีกฤษณะ ข้าพเจ้าไม่เห็นวัตรใดเสมอเหมือนเลย—ยิ่งนักในกาลียุค
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvāravatī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhūpa (king)
Scene: A king is addressed by a seer/narrator who proclaims that any dvādaśī arising in Kṛṣṇa’s immediate presence surpasses all other observances in Kali-yuga; Dvārakā’s temple skyline and sea-horizon frame the sanctified time.
FAQs
In Kali Yuga, simple but sincere sacred-time observances gain exceptional power—Dvādaśī, when connected to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s presence, is praised as unsurpassed.
Dvārakā, understood as the kṣetra where Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s presence sanctifies time and observance (as presented in the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).
The verse specifically extols the timing—observing Dvādaśī near/with devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa—without detailing a particular act like dāna, snāna, or japa in this line.