Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । श्रुत्वा सर्वोत्तमं क्षेत्रं तीर्थं सर्वोत्तमोत्तमम् । देवोत्तमोत्तमं देवं श्रीकृष्णं क्लेशनाशनम्
śrīprahlāda uvāca | śrutvā sarvottamaṃ kṣetraṃ tīrthaṃ sarvottamottamam | devottamottamaṃ devaṃ śrīkṛṣṇaṃ kleśanāśanam
ศรีปรหลาดกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้สดับถึงเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันประเสริฐยิ่ง ทีรถะอันสูงสุดเหนือทีรถะทั้งปวง และถึงองค์เทวะผู้เลิศเหนือเทวะทั้งหลาย—ศรีกฤษณะ ผู้ทำลายความทุกข์เข็ญ—
Śrī Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Other tīrthas/personified sacred entities and/or the narrative audience
Scene: Prahlāda, serene and radiant, speaks in devotional awe; behind him a vision of Dvārakā as the supreme kṣetra and Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the supreme deity, emanating a calming light that dissolves suffering.
FAQs
The supreme tīrtha and the supreme Lord are inseparable: devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and reverence for Dvārakā remove suffering.
The ‘sarvottama kṣetra’ and ‘sarvottamottama tīrtha’ refer to Dvārakā in this section.
None directly; the verse centers on śravaṇa (hearing) and praise of Śrī Kṛṣṇa as the remover of afflictions.