Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
यत्र तिष्ठंति यज्ञाश्च यत्र तिष्ठंति देवताः । यत्र तिष्ठंति ऋषयो मुनयो योगवित्तमाः
yatra tiṣṭhaṃti yajñāśca yatra tiṣṭhaṃti devatāḥ | yatra tiṣṭhaṃti ṛṣayo munayo yogavittamāḥ
وہی جگہ ہے جہاں یَجْنَ (قربانیاں) خود قائم ہیں، جہاں دیوتا سکونت رکھتے ہیں، اور جہاں رِشی اور مُنی—یوگ کے برترین عارف—ثابت قدم رہتے ہیں۔
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dvārakā is envisioned as a sacred mandala where yajña fires glow, devas stand in attendance, and yogic ṛṣis sit in meditation—an all-in-one spiritual ecosystem.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is recognized by the presence of dharma—sacrifice, divine grace, and realized sages—gathered in one sanctified place.
Dvārakā (within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā-māhātmya).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse characterizes the site as the natural abode of yajña, gods, and yogic sages.