Skandapurana 15.45.3

15.45.3

2 prahlādena ṛṣīnpratyuttaraṃ dātuṃ kaliyugasyārambhasthitivarṇanam, tatroddhavakṛṣṇayoḥ saṃvāde pravṛtte tāvaddurvāsaso yātrāṃ kartuṃ pravṛttasya gomatītīraṃ pratyāgamanamiti śrutvā kṛṣṇarukmiṇyostatra durvāsordarśanārthaṃ gamanam, tato durvāsasā kṛṣṇāya kuśalādipraśnakaraṇam, tato mithaḥ kuśalaṃ kathayitvā śrīkṛṣṇena durvāsase dvārakāṃ pratyetumāgrahakaraṇam, durvāsasā svāgamārthaṃ prārthayānaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ prati svasvabhāva- nivedanam , tathāpi kṛṣṇasyātyāgrahaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇarukmiṇyau rathavāhakatve niyojya durvāsaso dvārakāgamanapravṛttivarṇanam, madhyemārgaṃ tṛṣitāṃ rukmiṇīṃ dṛṣṭvā śrīkṛṣṇena pādākrāntyā dharātalaṃ nirbhidya pātālato bhogāvatyā ānayanam, tato rukmiṇyā śrīkṛṣṇānītabhogāvatījalasya prāśanakaraṇam, durvāsasā 'madā- jñayā vinā rukmiṇyā jalaprāśanaṃ kṛtam iti matvā tadasahamānena tasyai rukmiṇyai śāpadānam- tato durvāsasā rathādavaruhya bhūmāvavasthitikaraṇam, tataḥ śrīkṛṣṇena rukmiṇyā ca durvāsasa āśvāsanam, tato durvāsasaṃ svagṛhaṃ nītvā tadṛṣipādodaka-
kṣālanena svadehakṛtārthīkaraṇam... ... ..... ... 280 1

2. In order to give an answer to the seers, Prahlāda describes the condition at the beginning of the Kali age; there, when a dialogue between Uddhava and Kṛṣṇa took place, hearing that Durvāsas, who had set out on a journey, had arrived at the bank of the Gomatī, Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī went there for the darśana of Durvāsas; then Durvāsas inquires about Kṛṣṇa's welfare and the like; then, having exchanged greetings of welfare, Lord Kṛṣṇa insists that Durvāsas come to Dvārakā; Durvāsas discloses his own nature to Kṛṣṇa who was entreating his arrival; nevertheless, seeing Kṛṣṇa's intense insistence, Durvāsas harnesses Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī to draw his chariot, and his departure for Dvārakā is described; seeing Rukmiṇī thirsty on the way, Lord Kṛṣṇa strikes the ground with his foot, splits it open, and brings the Bhogāvatī from Pātāla; then Rukmiṇī drinks the water of the Bhogāvatī brought by Lord Kṛṣṇa; Durvāsas, thinking "Rukmiṇī drank water without my permission," unable to tolerate it, curses Rukmiṇī; then Durvāsas descends from the chariot and stands on the ground; then Lord Kṛṣṇa and Rukmiṇī pacify Durvāsas; then, having brought Durvāsas to his home, [Kṛṣṇa] fulfills himself by washing the seer's feet with water. ... 280 1