Skandapurana 15.45.24

15.45.24

23 śrīkṛṣṇakathāphalaśrutivarṇanam, dvārakāyāṃ śrīkṛṣṇadarśanaphalavarṇanam, rukyiṇīdarśana-phalavarṇanam, dvāravatīgamanadarśanasmaraṇaphalakathanam, svargaṃ gantuṃ niśreṇībhūtāyā dvārakāyā māhātmyavarṇanaprasaṃgena candraśarmabrāhmaṇavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra candraśarmaṇo dvārakāpuryagamanena śaivavratānāṃ naiṣphalyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatpitṛbhiḥ svapna āgatya tasmā upadeśakaraṇam, pitṛṇāmupadeśaṃ śrutvā candraśarmaṇā brāhmaṇena dvārakāgamanena pitṝṇāṃ narakataḥ samuddharaṇavarṇanam, dvārakāśrayakaraṇaphalakathanam, dvārakāgamana-māhātmyatulasīdhāraṇamāhātmyavarṇanam-... ... .... 305 1

23. Description of the hearing of the fruits of the narrative of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; description of the fruit of the darśana of Śrī Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā; description of the fruit of the darśana of Rukmiṇī; statement of the fruit of journeying to, seeing, and remembering Dvāravatī; in connection with the description of the māhātmya of Dvārakā serving as a ladder to ascend to heaven, description of the account of the brahmin Candraśarman; therein, seeing the fruitlessness of his Śaiva vows because Candraśarman did not go to the city of Dvārakā, the instruction given to him by his ancestors who appeared in a dream; hearing the instruction of the ancestors, description of the deliverance of the ancestors from hell by the brahmin Candraśarman through his journey to Dvārakā; statement of the fruit of taking refuge in Dvārakā; description of the māhātmya of journeying to Dvārakā and the māhātmya of wearing tulasī. 305 1