सुलभा मथुरा काशी ह्यवन्ती च तथा सुराः । अयोध्या सुलभा लोके दुर्लभा द्वारका कलौ
sulabhā mathurā kāśī hyavantī ca tathā surāḥ | ayodhyā sulabhā loke durlabhā dvārakā kalau
متھرا اور کاشی آسانی سے حاصل ہیں؛ اسی طرح اونتی اور دیوتاؤں کے دھام بھی۔ ایودھیا بھی دنیا میں سهل ہے—مگر کلی یگ میں دوارکا دشوار و نایاب ہے۔
Sūta (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Dvārakā/Dvāravatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)
Scene: A didactic tableau: a pilgrim-map of Bhārata with famed cities (Mathurā, Kāśī, Avantī, Ayodhyā) shown as open gates, while Dvārakā appears as a radiant but distant sea-girt citadel, approached through waves and divine guardianship.
Dvārakā is portrayed as a rare, hard-to-attain pilgrimage in Kali-yuga, increasing its spiritual value and urgency.
Dvārakā is singled out as ‘durlabhā’ in Kali-yuga, while other famed tīrthas are listed for comparison.
None; it is a tīrtha-eulogy framed as sacred-geography teaching.