Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । येऽत्र पश्यंति भक्त्या त्वां मां चापि द्विजसत्तम । किं दास्यसि फलं तेषां भाविनां भगवन्वद
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | ye'tra paśyaṃti bhaktyā tvāṃ māṃ cāpi dvijasattama | kiṃ dāsyasi phalaṃ teṣāṃ bhāvināṃ bhagavanvada
شری کرشن نے کہا: اے دِوِجوں میں افضل! جو یہاں بھکتی سے آپ کے اور میرے درشن کرتے ہیں، آنے والے تیرتھ یاتریوں کو آپ کیا پھل عطا کریں گے؟ اے بھگون، فرمائیے۔
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Durvāsā (dvija-sattama)
Scene: Kṛṣṇa turns to the sage with concern for posterity, asking the fruit for future pilgrims who will behold them with devotion in this place; composition highlights Kṛṣṇa’s compassionate gaze and the sage’s authoritative calm.
FAQs
Devotional darśana at a tīrtha—of both the Lord and a realized sage—yields defined spiritual merit for generations.
The Dvārakā setting is central; the question introduces the merit of the Varadāna tīrtha-context.
The practice implied is darśana with bhakti; subsequent verses add snāna and arcana.