Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
वापीकूपतडागानि करोत्येकः समाहितः । एकः पश्यति देवेशं कृष्णं तुल्यफलौ हि तौ
vāpīkūpataḍāgāni karotyekaḥ samāhitaḥ | ekaḥ paśyati deveśaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tulyaphalau hi tau
ایک شخص یکسوئی کے ساتھ باولیوں، کنوؤں اور تالابوں کی تعمیر کرتا ہے؛ دوسرا دیوؤں کے ایشور شری کرشن کے درشن کرتا ہے—یقیناً دونوں کا پھل برابر ہے۔
Prahlāda (continuing)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Another split-scene: a benefactor supervises digging a well and building a pond with stone steps; parallel scene shows a pilgrim in Dvārakā temple receiving Kṛṣṇa’s darśana—again marked as equal fruit.
FAQs
Charitable acts that sustain society are highly meritorious, yet divine darśana in a holy realm can grant an equal spiritual fruition.
Dvārakā, where beholding Kṛṣṇa is proclaimed as a supreme source of puṇya.
No fixed rite; it praises philanthropic water-works and equates their merit with Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.