Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155
दृष्टोऽहं तैर्न सन्देहो यैः कृतं कृष्णदर्शनम् । एका मूर्तिर्न सन्देहो मम कृष्णस्य नांतरम्
dṛṣṭo'haṃ tairna sandeho yaiḥ kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇadarśanam | ekā mūrtirna sandeho mama kṛṣṇasya nāṃtaram
جنہوں نے کِرشن کے درشن کیے، انہوں نے یقیناً میرے بھی درشن کیے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ ایک ہی دیویہ مورتی ہے؛ میرے اور کِرشن کے درمیان کوئی بھید نہیں۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Dvārakā (as the setting for Kṛṣṇa-darśana equated with Śiva-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/seekers (implied)
Scene: Śiva declares identity with Kṛṣṇa: a composite Harihara-like vision or two deities sharing a single aura; devotees realize that Kṛṣṇa-darśana equals Śiva-darśana.
FAQs
It teaches Hari–Hara harmony: devotion to Kṛṣṇa is not opposed to Śiva, for the divine is affirmed as non-different in essence.
Dvārakā, as the setting where Kṛṣṇa-darśana is praised and linked to Śiva’s own presence.
Kṛṣṇa-darśana is upheld as spiritually equivalent to Śiva-darśana in this context.