Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
वसंति तावका ये च तेषां संख्या वदस्व भोः । यावत्यश्च महिष्यस्ते पुत्राः परिजनास्तथा
vasaṃti tāvakā ye ca teṣāṃ saṃkhyā vadasva bhoḥ | yāvatyaśca mahiṣyaste putrāḥ parijanāstathā
اے جناب! بتائیے کہ آپ کے لوگ وہاں کتنی تعداد میں بستے ہیں؟ اور آپ کی رانیوں کی تعداد کتنی ہے، نیز آپ کے بیٹے اور خدام و حشم کتنے ہیں؟
Durvāsā (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kṛṣṇa
Scene: Durvāsā asks pointed, enumerative questions about Dvārakā’s population and Kṛṣṇa’s household—queens, sons, attendants—suggesting a census-like curiosity.
FAQs
Purāṇic māhātmya often glorifies a sacred city by detailing its righteous social order—people, queens, progeny, and service.
Dvārakā, whose greatness is explored through the scale of Kṛṣṇa’s realm and household.
None; the verse is part of an inquiry leading to the city’s glorification.