Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
श्वशुराद्याः सभृत्याश्च पशवश्च नरोत्तम । क्रीडंति विष्णुना सार्द्धं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
śvaśurādyāḥ sabhṛtyāśca paśavaśca narottama | krīḍaṃti viṣṇunā sārddhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
Hỡi bậc tối thượng trong loài người, cha vợ và các thân quyến khác, cùng với gia nhân và cả muôn loài thú vật, đều vui đùa cùng đức Viṣṇu, ở trong thánh hội của Ngài cho đến khi vạn hữu tan rã trong đại hoại diệt.
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: naroत्तम (addressed: ‘O best of men’)
Scene: A celestial garden-like Dvārakā-Vaikuṇṭha scene: Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa plays (kṛḍā) with a group including elders, in-laws, attendants, and gentle animals (cows, deer, birds). In the far background, a cosmic ocean hints at pralaya, yet the play continues undisturbed.
FAQs
Association with Viṣṇu through the sanctity of Dvārakā is portrayed as so powerful that it elevates not only the devotee but also their household—relatives, attendants, and even animals—into enduring divine fellowship.
Dvārakā, celebrated in the Dvārakā Māhātmya section of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where closeness to Viṣṇu is described as lasting up to cosmic dissolution.
No specific rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is explicitly stated in this verse; it emphasizes the resulting spiritual fruit—companionship with Viṣṇu—rather than a particular procedure.