Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
किं फलं गमने तस्यां किं फलं कृष्णदर्शने । कानि तीर्थानि तत्रैव के देवास्तद्वदस्व नः
kiṃ phalaṃ gamane tasyāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ kṛṣṇadarśane | kāni tīrthāni tatraiva ke devāstadvadasva naḥ
اُس دھام میں جانے کا کیا پُنّیہ ہے، اور وہاں شری کرشن کے درشن کا کیا ثواب ہے؟ وہاں کون کون سے تیرتھ ہیں اور کون کون سے دیوتا—یہ ہمیں بتائیے۔
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (and by extension the audience at Naimiṣa)
Scene: A circle of brāhmaṇas respectfully question about Dvārakā’s pilgrimage fruits—merit of going, merit of Kṛṣṇa-darśana, the list of local tīrthas and resident deities—setting a didactic, itinerary-like tone.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is evaluated by phala (spiritual fruit), centered on darśana of the Lord and knowledge of the site’s tīrthas and devatās.
Dvārakā as a kṣetra, with its internal network of tīrthas (to be detailed in subsequent verses).
None directly; it requests guidance about practices and sacred locations.