Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
येषां कृष्णालये प्राणा गता दानवनायक । न तेषां पुनरावृत्तिः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
yeṣāṃ kṛṣṇālaye prāṇā gatā dānavanāyaka | na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi
اے دانوؤں کے سردار! جن کی جان کی سانسیں کرشن کے دھام (دوارکا) میں نکل جائیں، اُن کی پھر واپسی نہیں ہوتی—کروڑوں کَلپوں کے بعد بھی نہیں۔
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee’s last breath leaving the body within radiant Dvārakā, with Kṛṣṇa’s presence implied by temple spires, conch and discus motifs, and the sea’s luminous horizon; attendants chant the name of Hari.
FAQs
The Purāṇa asserts the salvific power of Kṛṣṇa’s abode: death there is equated with freedom from repeated return.
Kṛṣṇālaya—Dvārakā, understood as Kṛṣṇa’s own abode.
No explicit rite; the verse underscores the supreme merit of residing in or reaching Dvārakā at life’s end.