[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 15.4 # Skandapurana 15.4 Skandapurāṇa 15.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.1) .. śrīprahlāda uvāca .. evaṃ saṃpūjitastena hariṇā brāhmaṇottamaḥ .. uvāca parisantuṣṭo varaṃ brūhīti keśavam.. 1 .. > The venerable Prahlāda said: / Having been thus honored by Hari, that best of brahmins / spoke, highly delighted, to Keśava: 'Ask a boon.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.2) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si bhagavanyadi deyo varo mama .. sthātavyamatra bhavatā na tyaktavyaṃ kadācana .. 2 .. > The venerable Kṛṣṇa said: / 'If you are pleased, O venerable one, if a boon is to be given to me, / you must stay here; you must never depart.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.3) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. yadi tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ kṛṣṇa tathā tvamapi keśava .. tiṣṭhasva ṣoḍaśakalo nityaṃ madvacanena hi .. 3 .. > Durvāsas said: / 'If I stay, O Kṛṣṇa, then you also, O Keśava, / stay, endowed with sixteen parts, perpetually by my word.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.4) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. ye'tra paśyaṃti bhaktyā tvāṃ māṃ cāpi dvijasattama .. kiṃ dāsyasi phalaṃ teṣāṃ bhāvināṃ bhagavanvada .. 4 .. > The venerable Kṛṣṇa said: / 'Those who behold you and me here with devotion, O best of the twice-born: / what fruit will you give them in the future? Tell me, O venerable one.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.5) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. yaḥ snātvā saṃgame kṛṣṇa gomatyāḥ sāgarasya ca .. tvāṃ māṃ samarcati naraḥ sarvapāpaiḥ samucyate ..5 .. > Durvāsas said: / 'A person who, having bathed at the confluence of the Gomatī and the ocean, O Kṛṣṇa, / worships you and me, is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.6) tathānyacchṛṇu kṛṣṇātra snātvā dāsyati yaddhanam .. mama dattasya deveśa prāpnuyātṣoḍaśottaram.. 6 .. > Likewise hear another thing, O Kṛṣṇa: whatever wealth one will give after bathing here, / O lord of the gods, he will obtain sixteen times what was given to me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.7) .. śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca .. yo naraḥ pūjayitvā tvāṃ pūjayiṣyati māmiha .. tasya muktiṃ pradāsyāmi yā surairapi durllabhā .. 7 .. > The venerable Kṛṣṇa said: / 'To that person who, having worshipped you, shall worship me here, / I will grant liberation, which is hard even for the gods to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.8) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. parasparaṃ varau dattvā kṛṣṇadurvāsasau mudā.. tataḥ prabhṛti viprendrāstasminsthāne hyatiṣṭhatām.. varadānamiti proktaṃ tattīrthaṃ sarvakāmadam .. 8 .. > Prahlāda said: / Having joyfully given boons to each other, Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsas / stayed in that place from that time on, O best of brahmins; / that sacred ford, granting all desires, is called Varadāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.9) varadāne naraḥ snāto gosahasraphalaṃ labhet .. viṣṇudurvāsasoryatra varadānamabhūtpurā .. 9 .. > A man who bathes in Varadāna obtains the fruit of \[donating\] a thousand cows, / where the granting of boons between Viṣṇu and Durvāsas took place in ancient times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.10) tadāprabhṛti viprendrāstiṣṭhate dvārakāṃ hariḥ .. durvāsasā girā baddho na jahāti kadācana .. 7.4.4.10 .. > From that time forward, O best of brahmins, Hari remains in Dvārakā; / bound by the word of Durvāsas, he never leaves it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.11) yatra traivikramī mūrtirvahate yatra gomatī .. narā muktiṃ prayāsyaṃti cakratīrthena saṃgatāḥ .. 11 .. > Where the image of Trivikrama stands and where the Gomatī flows, / men united with the Cakra-tīrtha will go to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.12) kalevaraṃ parityaktaṃ prabhāse hariṇā yadā .. kalābhiḥ sahitaṃ tejastasyāṃ mūrtau niveśitam .. 12 .. > When his mortal body was abandoned at Prabhāsa by Hari, / his splendor along with his sixteen parts was placed into that image. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.13) tasmātkaliyuge viprā nānyatra prāpyate hariḥ .. yadi kāryyaṃ hi kṛṣṇena tatra gacchata mā ciram .. 13 .. > Therefore in the Kali age, O brahmins, Hari is not found anywhere else. / If you have business with Kṛṣṇa, go there without delay.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.14) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. sādhu bhāgavataśreṣṭha sādhu mārgapradarśaka .. yattvayā hi parijñātaṃ tanna jānāti kaścana .. 14 .. > The seers said: / 'Well said, O best of devotees of the Lord! Well said, O shower of the path! / That which has been understood by you, no one else knows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.15) kiṃ phalaṃ gamane tasyāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ kṛṣṇadarśane .. kāni tīrthāni tatraiva ke devāstadvadasva naḥ .. 15 .. > What is the fruit of going to it? What is the fruit of beholding Kṛṣṇa? / Which sacred fords are right there, and which gods? Tell us that!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.16) kasminmāse tithau kasyāṃ kasminparvaṇi mānavaiḥ .. gantavyaṃ kāni deyāni dānāni danujarṣabha .. 16 .. > In which month, on which lunar day, on which conjunction should human beings / go, \[and\] what gifts should be given, O bull among Danujas? 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.17) ..sūta uvāca .. .. iti pṛṣṭastadā taistu mahābhāgavato'suraḥ .. kathayāmāsa viprebhyo bhagavadbhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. 17 .. > Sūta said: / Thus asked then by them, that asura, the great devotee of the Lord, / endowed with devotion to the Lord, narrated to the brahmins. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.18) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. bho bhūmidevāḥ śṛṇuta paraṃ guhyaṃ sanātanam .. yatkasyacinna cākhyātaṃ tadvadāmi suvistarāt .. 18 .. > Prahlāda said: / O gods of the earth, listen to the supreme, eternal secret, / which has not been told to anyone; that I shall tell in full detail. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.19) yadā matiṃ ca kurute dvārakāgamanaṃ prati .. tadā narakanirmuktā gāyanti pitaro divi .. 19 .. > When one sets one's mind toward going to Dvārakā, / then the ancestors, freed from hell, sing in heaven. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.20) yāvatpadāni kṛṣṇasya mārge gacchati mānavaḥ .. padepade'śvamedhasya yajñasya labhate phalam .. 7.4.4.20 .. > For as many steps as a human being walks on the path of Kṛṣṇa, / at every step one obtains the fruit of the horse sacrifice. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.21) yātrārthaṃ devadevasya yaḥ prerayati cāparān .. mānavānnātra sandeho labhate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam .. 21 .. > And whoever urges other human beings to make the pilgrimage / to the God of gods—of this there is no doubt—attains the abode of Viṣṇu. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.22) dvārakāṃ gacchamānasya yo dadāti pratiśrayam .. tathaiva madhurāṃ vācaṃ nandate krīḍate hi saḥ .. 22 .. > He who offers shelter to one traveling to Dvārakā, / as well as sweet speech, rejoices and plays indeed. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.23) adhvani śrāṃtadehasya vāhanaṃ yaḥ prayacchati .. haṃsayuktena sa naro vimānena divaṃ vrajet .. 23 .. > He who gives a conveyance to one whose body is exhausted on the path, / that man goes to heaven in an aerial chariot yoked with swans. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.24) yātrāyāṃ gacchamānasya madhyāhne kṣudhitasya ca .. annaṃ dadāti yo bhaktyā śṛṇu tasyāpi yadbhavet .. 24 .. > To one traveling on the pilgrimage, hungry at midday, / whoever gives food with devotion—hear what comes to him as well: 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.25) gayāśrāddhena yatpuṇyaṃ labhate mānavo bhuvi .. annadānena tatpuṇyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirakṣayā .. 25 .. > Whatever merit a human being gains on earth by a śrāddha at Gayā, / that merit \[is gained\] by the giving of food, and inexhaustible satisfaction of the ancestors. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.26) upānahau tu yo dadyāddvārakāṃ prati gacchatām.. kṛṣṇaprasādātsa naro gajaskandhena gacchati .. ..26.. > He who gives shoes to those traveling to Dvārakā, / through Kṛṣṇa's favor, that man rides on the shoulder of an elephant. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.27) vighnamācarate yastu dvārakāṃ prati gacchatām.. narake majjate mūḍhaḥ kalpamātraṃ tu raurave..27.. > But he who causes an obstacle to those traveling to Dvārakā, / that fool sinks into the Raurava hell for an entire kalpa. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.28) mārgasthitasya yo dhanyaḥ prayacchati kamaṇḍalum.. prapādānasahasrasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ..28.. > The fortunate person who gives a water jar to someone on the road / obtains the fruit of a thousand water booths. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.29) yātrāyāṃ gacchamānasya pādabhyaṃgaṃ dadāti yaḥ.. pādaprakṣālanaṃ caiva sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 29 .. > He who offers foot massage and washing of the feet / to one traveling on the pilgrimage shall attain all desires. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.30) gāthāṃ śṛṇoti yo viṣṇorgītaṃ ca gāyataḥ pathi .. dānaṃ dadāti viprendrāstasmāddhanyataro na hi.. 7.4.4.30.. > He who listens to a song about Viṣṇu and sings praise on the road, / and gives gifts, O foremost of brahmins—none is more fortunate than he. 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.31) kailāsaśikharāvāsaṃ śvetābhramiva nirmalam .. prāsādaṃ kṛṣṇadevasya yaḥ paśyati narottamaḥ.. 31 .. > The best among men who beholds the temple of the divine Kṛṣṇa, / like an abode on the peak of Kailāsa, spotless like a white cloud, 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.32) dūrāddhemamayaṃ dṛṣṭvā kalaśaṃ dhvajasaṃyutam.. vāhanaṃ saṃparityajya luṭhate dharaṇīṃ gataḥ .. 32 .. > seeing from afar the golden pinnacle with its banner, / abandoning his conveyance, lies rolling on the ground. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.34) pañcasūnākṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tathā'dharmakṛtaṃ ca yat .. kṛmikīṭapataṃgāśca nihatāḥ pathi gacchatā .. parānnaṃ parapānīyamaspṛśya sparśasaṃgamam .. tatsarvaṃ nāśamāpnoti bhagavatketudarśanāt .. 34.. > The sin committed through the five slaughterhouses, and whatever was committed by unrighteousness, / the worms, insects, and moths killed while walking on the road, / the eating of another's food, drinking of another's water, and contact with the untouchable— / all that is destroyed by the darśana of the Lord's banner. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.35) paṭhennāmasahasraṃ tu stavarājamathāpi vā .. gajendramokṣaṇaṃ caiva pathi gacchañchanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. 35 .. > One should recite the thousand names, or the king of hymns, / or the liberation of the elephant king, walking slowly on the road, 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.36) gāyamāno bhagavataḥ prādurbhāvānanekadhā .. nṛtyadbhirharṣasaṃyuktairhṛṣyamāṇaḥ punaḥpunaḥ .. svayaṃ nṛtyanharṣayukto bhakto gaccheddhareḥ puram .. 36 .. > singing the manifold manifestations of the Lord, / rejoicing again and again with dancers filled with joy; / dancing oneself, filled with joy, the devotee should go to the city of Hari. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.37) viṣṇoḥ krīḍākaraṃ sthānaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam .. yasmindṛṣṭe kalau nṝṇāṃ muktirevopajāyate .. 37 .. > A place of play for Viṣṇu, granting worldly enjoyment and liberation, / seen by men in the Kali age, liberation alone arises. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.38) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. pūrvaṃ hi devarājena bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ .. praṇamya parayā bhaktyā pṛṣṭaśca sa mahāmatiḥ .. 38 .. > Prahlāda said: / Formerly indeed, the noble-minded Bṛhaspati, having been bowed to with supreme devotion, / was asked by the king of the gods, that great-minded one. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.39) .. indra uvāca .. .. dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ .. caturyugaṃ yathābhāgairdharmavṛddhiṃ jano labhet .. 39 .. > Indra said: / Graciously tell the māhātmya of Dvārakā, / \[and how\] through the parts of the four ages people obtain the increase of righteousness. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.40) etacchrutvā mahendrasya vacanaṃ munisattamāḥ .. bṛhaspatiruvācainaṃ mahendraṃ deva saṃvṛtam.. 7.4.4.40 .. > Hearing these words of Mahendra, O best of sages, / Bṛhaspati spoke to that Mahendra surrounded by gods: 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.41) .. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. .. kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśca surasattama .. caturyugamidaṃ proktaṃ tattvato munisattamaiḥ .. 41 .. > Bṛhaspati said: / Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali, O best of gods— / this fourfold age has been explained according to reality by the best of sages. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.42) kṛte dharmaścatuṣpādo vedādiphalameva ca .. tīrthaṃ dānaṃ tapo vidyā dhyānamāyurarogatā .. 42 .. > In the Kṛta age, dharma has four quarters, and the fruit of the Vedas and so forth, / sacred ford, gift, austerity, knowledge, meditation, long life, and freedom from disease. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.43) pādahīnaṃ sarvametadyugaṃ tretābhidhaṃ prabho .. pādadvayaṃ dvāpare tu sarvasyaitasya vāsava .. 43 .. > All this is diminished by one quarter in the age named Tretā, O Lord; / in the Dvāpara age it has two quarters, of all this, O Vāsava. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.44) pādenaikena tatsarvaṃ vibhāge prathame kalau .. ūrdhvaṃ vināśaḥ sarvasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 44 .. > With one quarter all that remains in the first part of the Kali age; / thereafter will be the destruction of all, of this there is no doubt. 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.45) mantrāstīrthāni yajñāśca tapo daivādikaṃ tathā .. pragacchaṃti samucchedaṃ vedāḥ śāstrāṇi caiva hi ..45.. > Mantras, sacred fords, sacrifices, austerity, divine rites and so forth, / as well as the Vedas and the treatises, will go to complete destruction. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.46) mlecchaprāyāśca bhūpālā bhaviṣyantyamarādhipa.. lokaḥ kariṣyate nindāṃ sādhūnāṃ vratacāriṇām .. 46 .. > Kings will be mostly barbarians, O ruler of the immortals; / the world will revile virtuous people and those observing vows. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.47) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. śrutvā bṛhaspatervākyametattīrthasya bho dvijāḥ .. prakaṃpitāḥ surāḥ sarve mleccha saṃsargajādbhayāt .. 47 .. > Prahlāda said: / Hearing this speech of Bṛhaspati regarding the sacred ford, O twice-born, / all the gods trembled from fear arising from contact with barbarians. 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.48) bṛhaspatiṃ suraguruṃ papracchurvinayānvitāḥ .. mlecchasaṃsargajo doṣo gaṃgayāpi na pūyate .. 48 .. > Endowed with humility, they asked Bṛhaspati, the preceptor of the gods: / The defect born of contact with barbarians is not purified even by the Gaṅgā. 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.49) kathayasva prasādena sthānaṃ kalivivarjitam .. yatra gatvā nivatsyāmo yāsyāmo nirvṛtiṃ parām .. 49 .. > Graciously describe a place free from the Kali age, / having gone to which we may dwell and attain supreme bliss, 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.50) yena duḥkhavinirmuktā bhaviṣyāmo gatavyathāḥ .. kṛpayā sumukho bhūtvā brūhi tīrthaṃ hitāya naḥ .. 7.4.4.50 .. > by which, freed from sorrow, we may be rid of distress; / becoming gracious out of compassion, speak of a sacred ford for our welfare. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.51) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. etacchrutvā surendrasya vākyamaṃgirasāṃ varaḥ .. ciraṃ dhyātvā jagādedaṃ vākyaṃ devapurohitaḥ .. .. 51 .. > Prahlāda said: / Hearing this speech of the king of the gods, the best of the Aṅgirases, / having meditated for a long time, the priest of the gods spoke this word: 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.52) .. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. .. pañcakrośapramāṇaṃ hi tīrthaṃ tīrthavarottamam.. dvārakānāma vikhyātaṃ kalidoṣavivarjitam.. ..52.. > Bṛhaspati said: / Five krośas in extent is the sacred ford, the best among excellent sacred fords, / famed by the name Dvārakā, free from the defects of the Kali age. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.53) viṣṇunā nirmitaṃ sthānaṃ lokasya gatidāyakam .. muktidaṃ kalikāle tu jñānahīnajanasya ca ..53 .. > A place fashioned by Viṣṇu, granting the supreme destination to people, / granting liberation in the Kali age even to people devoid of knowledge. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.54) ūṣaraṃ karmaṇāṃ kṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam.. na prarohaṃti pāpāni punarnaṣṭāni tatra vai .. 54 .. > A saline ground for actions, a sacred field destroying sins; / sins, once destroyed there, do not sprout again indeed. 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.55) tisraḥ koṭayo'rdhakoṭī ca tīrthānīha mahītale .. 55 .. > Three and a half crores of sacred fords are here on the surface of the earth; 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.56) evaṃ tīrthayutā tatra dvārakā muktidāyakā .. sevanīyā prayatnena prāpya mānuṣyamuttamam ..56.. > endowed with such sacred fords, Dvārakā, granting liberation there, / should be resorted to with effort, having obtained the excellent human birth. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.57) .. prahlāda uvāca .. .. bṛhaspatervacaḥ śrutvā śatakraturathā'bravīt .. vācaspate mama ihi dvāravatyā mahodayam.. gamane kiṃ phalaṃ proktaṃ kṛṣṇadevasya darśane .. 57 .. > Prahlāda said: / Hearing Bṛhaspati's words, the performer of a hundred sacrifices then said: / O Lord of speech, tell me the great rise of Dvāravatī: / what fruit is proclaimed for going \[there\] and for the darśana of the divine Kṛṣṇa? 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.58) anyāni tatra tīrthāni mukhyāni vada me guro .. yathābhiṣeke gomatyāḥ phalaṃ yadapi saṃgame ..58... .. > Tell me of the other foremost sacred fords there, O guru, / and likewise what fruit comes from ritual ablution in the Gomatī and at its confluence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.59) .. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. .. śrūyatāṃ tāta vakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ dvārakodbhavam .. manuṣyarūpo bhagavānyatra krīḍati keśavaḥ ..59.. > Bṛhaspati said: / Listen, dear one, I shall declare the māhātmya originating from Dvārakā, / where the blessed Lord Keśava plays in human form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.60) nārāyaṇaḥ sa īśāno dhyeyaścādau jaganmayaḥ .. sa eva devatāmukhyaḥ purīṃ dvāravatīṃ sthitaḥ .. 7.4.4.60 .. > Nārāyaṇa, that sovereign lord consisting of the universe, should be meditated upon in the beginning; / he alone, the foremost among deities, resides in the city of Dvāravatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.61) ekaikasminpade datte purīṃ dvāravatīṃ prati .. puṇyaṃ kratusahasreṇa kalau bhavati dehinām ..61.. > With each single step taken toward the city of Dvāravatī, / in the Kali age, the merit of a thousand sacrifices accrues to embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.62) kalau kṛṣṇapurīṃ ramyāṃ ye gacchaṃti narottamāḥ .. kulakoṭiśatairyuktāste gacchanti hareḥ padam ..62.. > Those best of men who go to Kṛṣṇa's delightful city in the Kali age / go to the abode of Hari along with a hundred times ten million of their kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.63) ye dhyāyaṃti manovṛttyā gamanaṃ dvārakāṃ prati .. teṣāṃ vilīyate pāpaṃ pūrvajanmāyutaiḥ kṛtam .. 63 .. > Those who mentally contemplate going toward Dvārakā— / their sin committed across ten thousand previous births is dissolved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.64) kṛṣṇasya darśane buddhirjāyate yasya dehinaḥ .. vaktrāvalokanāttasya pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā .. 64 .. > That embodied being in whom the intention arises to have the darśana of Kṛṣṇa— / from looking upon his face, their sin is shattered into a thousand pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.65) ye gatā dvārakāyāṃ ca ye mṛtāḥ kṛṣṇasannidhau .. na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam ..65.. > Those who have gone to Dvārakā and those who have died in the presence of Kṛṣṇa— / there is no return for them as long as the dissolution of all beings lasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.66) sulabhā mathurā kāśī hyavantī ca tathā surāḥ .. ayodhyā sulabhā loke durlabhā dvārakā kalau .. 66 .. > Mathurā, Kāśī, and Avantī are easy to reach, O gods; / Ayodhyā is easy to reach in this world, but Dvārakā is hard to reach in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.67) gatvā kṛṣṇapurīṃ ramyāṃ ṣaṇmāsātkṛṣṇasaṃnidhau.. jīvanmuktāstu te jñeyāḥ satyametatsurottama .. 67 .. > Having gone to Kṛṣṇa's delightful city and staying six months in Kṛṣṇa's presence, / they are to be known as liberated while living; this is the truth, O best of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.68) kṛṣṇakrīḍākaraṃ sthānaṃ vāñchanti manasā priye .. teṣāṃ hṛdi sthitaṃ pāpaṃ kṣālayetpretanāyakaḥ .. 68 .. > Those who desire with their mind the place that is the site of Kṛṣṇa's sports, O dear one— / the Lord of the Dead washes away the sin residing in their hearts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.69) atyugrāṇyapi pāpāni tāvattiṣṭhanti vigrahe .. yāvanna gacchati naraḥ kalau dvāravatīṃ prati .. 69 .. > Even exceedingly terrible sins remain in the body only so long / as a person does not go toward Dvāravatī in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.70) puṇyasaṃkhyā ca tīrthānāṃ brahmaṇā vihitā purā .. dānādhyayana saṃjñānāṃ muktvā dvāravatīṃ kalau .. 7.4.4.70 .. > A tally of the merit of sacred fords, / called gifts and study, was laid down long ago by Brahmā—excepting Dvāravatī in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.71) cakratīrthe tu yo gacchetprasaṃgenāpi mānavaḥ .. kulaikaviṃśatiyutaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam .. 71 .. > Whatever person goes to Cakratīrtha, even by chance, / accompanied by twenty-one generations of his family, he goes to the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.72) lobhenā'pyaparādhena dambhena kapaṭena vā .. cakratīrthaṃ ca yo gacchenna punarviśate bhavam .. 72 .. > Whether out of greed, wrongdoing, hypocrisy, or deceit, / whoever goes to Cakratīrtha does not enter mundane existence again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.73) prayāge hyasthipātena yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam .. tadeva śatasāhasraṃ cakratīrthāsthipātanāt .. 73 .. > Whatever fruit is proclaimed by casting bones \[of the dead\] at Prayāga, / that very same fruit is a hundred-thousandfold from casting bones at Cakratīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.74) pṛthivyāṃ caiva tattīrthaṃ paramaṃ parikīrtitam .. cakratīrthamiti khyātaṃ brahmahatyāvināśanam .. 74 .. > And that sacred ford is proclaimed supreme upon the earth; / known as Cakratīrtha, it destroys \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.75) ye ye kule bhaviṣyaṃti tatpūrvaṃ mānavāḥ kṣitau .. sarve viṣṇupuraṃ yāṃti cakratīrthāsthipātanāt .. 75 .. > Whatever people shall come in the family, as well as those before them on earth— / all go to the city of Viṣṇu from the casting of bones at Cakratīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.76) kiṃ jātairbahubhiḥ putrairgaṇanāpūrakātmakaiḥ .. varameko bhavetputraścakratīrthaṃ tu yo vrajet .. 76 .. > What is the use of many sons born merely to fill out a number? / Better would be a single son who goes to Cakratīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.77) tapasā kiṃ prataptena dānenādhyayanena kim .. sarvāvastho'pi mucyeta gataḥ kṛṣṇapurīṃ yadi .. 77 .. > What is the use of austerity severely performed? What of giving, or of study? / In any condition whatsoever one is freed, if one has gone to Kṛṣṇa's city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.78) kalikāla kṛtairdoṣairatyugrairapi mānavaḥ .. kalau kṛṣṇamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā lipyate na kadācana .. 78 .. > Even by the most terrible faults caused by the Kali age, a person / is never tainted, once he has looked upon the face of Kṛṣṇa in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.79) dānaṃ cādhyayanaṃ śaucaṃ kāraṇaṃ na hi putraka .. hīnavarṇo'pi pāpātmā gataḥ kṛṣṇapurīṃ yadi .. 79 .. > Giving, study, and ritual purity are of no consequence, dear son; / even an outcaste or a sinful soul is freed, if he has gone to Kṛṣṇa's city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.80) vārāṇasyāṃ kurukṣetre narmadāyāṃ ca yatphalam .. tatphalaṃ nimiṣārdhena dvāravatyāṃ dinedine .. 7.4.4.80 .. > Whatever fruit is gained at Vārāṇasī, Kurukṣetra, and on the Narmadā— / that fruit is obtained in half a twinkling of an eye day after day in Dvāravatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.81) dhanyānāmapi dhanyāste devānāmapi devatāḥ .. kṛṣṇopari matiryeṣāṃ hīyate na kadācana .. 81 .. > Fortunate among the fortunate are they, gods among the gods, / whose mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa is never diminished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.82) śravaṇadvādaśīyoge gomatyudadhisaṃgame .. snātvā kṛṣṇasutaṃ dṛṣṭvā lipyate naiva sa kvacit .. 82 .. > On the conjunction of the Śravaṇā twelfth day, at the confluence of the Gomatī and the ocean, / having bathed and looked upon the son of Kṛṣṇa, one is never tainted anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.83) yasya kasyāpi māsasya dvādaśī prāpya mānavaḥ .. kṛṣṇakrīḍāpurīṃ dṛṣṭvā muktaḥ saṃsāragahvarāt .. 83 .. > Reaching the twelfth day of whatever month, / and seeing the city of Kṛṣṇa's sports, a person is freed from the chasm of saṃsāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.84) yeṣāṃ kṛṣṇālaye prāṇā gatāḥ surapate kalau .. svargānna teṣāmāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi .. 84 .. > Those whose vital breaths depart in Kṛṣṇa's abode in the Kali age, O lord of gods— / there is no return for them from heaven, even after hundreds of millions of kalpas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.85) vijñeyā mānuṣā vatsa garbhasthāste mahītale .. dvāravatyāṃ na yairdevo dṛṣṭaḥ kaṃsaniṣūdanaḥ .. 85 .. > Human beings on earth by whom the god who slew Kaṃsa has not been seen / in Dvāravatī are to be regarded, dear one, as still trapped in the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.86) durlabho dvārakāvāso durlabhaṃ kṛṣṇadarśanam .. durlabhaṃ gomatīsnānaṃ durlabho rukmiṇīpatiḥ .. 86 .. > Hard to obtain is dwelling in Dvārakā, hard to obtain is the darśana of Kṛṣṇa, / hard to obtain is ritual ablution in the Gomatī, hard to obtain is the husband of Rukmiṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.87) tapaḥ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ jñānamucyate .. dvāpare tu paro yajñaḥ kalau keśavakīrtanam .. 87 .. > Austerity is said to be supreme in the Kṛta age, knowledge in the Tretā, / but sacrifice is supreme in the Dvāpara, and the praise of Keśava in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.88) hemabhārasahasraistu dattairyatphalamāpyate .. dṛṣṭvā tatkoṭi guṇitaṃ hareḥ sarvapradaṃ mukham .. 88 .. > Whatever fruit is obtained by giving thousands of bhāras of gold, / that is multiplied ten-millionfold upon seeing Hari's face, which bestows all things. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.89) dvārakāyāṃ ca yaddattaṃ śaṃkhoddhāre tathaiva ca .. piṃḍārake mahātīrthe dattaṃ caivākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 89 .. > What is given at Dvārakā and likewise at Śaṅkhoddhāra, / and what is given at the great sacred ford Piṇḍāraka becomes imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.90) gomahiṣyādi yaddattaṃ suvarṇavasanāni ca .. vṛṣo bhūmigraho rūpyaṃ kanyādānaṃ tathaiva ca .. 7.4.4.90 .. > Whatever cows, female buffaloes, gold, and garments are given, / as well as a bull, a gift of land, silver, and the gifting of a maiden in marriage— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.91) yaccānyadapi devendra triṣu sthāneṣu yacchati .. tanmuktikārakaṃ proktaṃ pitṝṇāmātmanastathā .. 91 .. > and whatever else one gives in these three places, O lord of the gods, / that is declared to bring liberation to the ancestors and to oneself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.92) ūṣaraṃ hi yato loke kṣetrametatprakīrtitam .. ato muktikaraṃ sarvaṃ dānaṃ coktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ .. 92 .. > Because this sacred field is renowned in the world as sterile soil, / therefore every gift \[given here\] is declared by the great seers to grant liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.93) yatkiṃcitkurute tatra dānaṃ krīḍāvagāhanam .. tadanantaphalaṃ prāha bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ .. 93 .. > Whatever slight gift, sport, or plunge \[into the waters\] one performs there, / that yields infinite fruit, so the blessed Lord Madhusūdana declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.94) pretatvaṃ naiva tasyāsti na yāmyā nārakī vyathā .. yena dvāravatīṃ gatvā kṛtaṃ kṛṣṇā'valokanam .. 94 .. > There is no state of being a ghost for him, nor the torment of Yama's hell, / by whom, having gone to Dvāravatī, the sight of Kṛṣṇa was attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.95) vārimātreṇa gomatyāṃ piṇḍadāne kṛte kalau .. pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptiryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 95 .. > When a funerary cake is offered in the Kali age with merely the water of the Gomatī, / satisfaction comes to the ancestors for as long as the dissolution of all beings lasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.96) nityaṃ kṛṣṇapurīṃ ramyāṃ ye smaranti gṛhasthitāḥ .. namasyāḥ sarvalokānāṃ devānāṃ ca surottama .. 96 .. > Those who, dwelling in their homes, daily remember the charming city of Kṛṣṇa / are worthy of worship by all worlds and by the gods, O best of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.97) brahmajñānaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ maraṇaṃ gograheṣu ca .. vāsaḥ puṃsāṃ dvārakāyāṃ muktireṣā caturvidhā .. 97 .. > Knowledge of Brahman, śrāddha at Gayā, death while defending cattle, / and residence in Dvārakā for men—this is the fourfold liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.98) brahmajñānena mucyante prayāge maraṇena vā .. athavā snānamātreṇa gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇasaṃnidhau .. 98 .. > They are liberated by knowledge of Brahman, or by death at Prayāga, / or simply by ritual ablution in the Gomatī in the presence of Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.99) kṛtārthaḥ kṛtapuṇyo'haṃ bravītyevaṃ mahodadhiḥ .. pavitritaṃ ca madgātraṃ gomatīvārisaṃplavāt .. 99 .. > ‘I have accomplished my goal, I have accumulated merit,’ so says the great ocean; / ‘and my body is purified by the rushing waters of the Gomatī.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.100) atyugrāṇyapi pāpāni tāvattiṣṭhaṃti vigrahe .. yāvatsnānaṃ na gomatyāṃ vāriṇā pāpahāriṇā .. 7.4.4.100 .. > Even exceedingly terrible sins remain in the body only so long / as there is no ritual ablution in the Gomatī with its sin-removing water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.101) cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā gomatyāṃ rukmiṇīhrade .. dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇamukhaṃ ramyaṃ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. 101 .. > A man who has bathed at Cakratīrtha, in the Gomatī, and in the pool of Rukmiṇī, / and has looked upon Kṛṣṇa's charming face, redeems a hundred families. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.102) kṛṣṇaṃ ca ye dvāravatīṃ manuṣyāḥ smaraṃti nityaṃ haribhaktiyuktāḥ .. vidhūtapāpāḥ kila saṃbhavāṃte gacchaṃti lokaṃ paramaṃ murāreḥ .. 102 .. > And those people who constantly remember Kṛṣṇa and Dvāravatī, endowed with devotion to Hari, / their sins shaken off, at the end of their lives certainly go to the supreme realm of Murāri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.103) adhautapādaḥ prathamaṃ namaskuryādgaṇeśvaram .. sarvavighravināśaśca jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 103 .. > With unwashed feet, one should first bow down to the Lord of Gaṇas (Gaṇeśa); / and the destruction of all obstacles occurs, there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.104) nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ devakinandanam .. daṇḍavatpraṇametprītyā praṇamedagrajaṃ punaḥ .. 104 .. > To Kṛṣṇa, dark as the petal of a blue lotus, the son of Devakī, / one should bow down like a staff with love, and then bow down to his elder brother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.105) bālye ca yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kaumāre yauvane tathā .. darśanātkṛṣṇadevasya tannaśyennātra saṃśayaḥ .. 105 .. > And whatever sin was committed in childhood, boyhood, as well as in youth, / that is destroyed by the darśana of Lord Kṛṣṇa; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.106) vāṇyā'tha manasā yacca karmaṇā samupārjitam .. pāpaṃ janmasahasreṇa tannaśyennātra saṃśayaḥ .. 106 .. > And whatever sin has been accumulated by speech, mind, or action / through a thousand births, that is destroyed; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.107) hemabhārasahasraistu dattairyatphalamāpyate .. tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvalokanāt .. 107 .. > Whatever fruit is obtained by giving thousands of bhāras of gold, / that fruit is multiplied ten-millionfold by beholding the face of Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.108) namaskṛtya ca deveśaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣamacyutam .. durvāsasaṃ maheśānaṃ dvārakāparirakṣakam ..108.. > And having bowed to the Lord of the gods, the lotus-eyed, the imperishable Acyuta, / to Durvāsas, the great lord who guards Dvārakā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.109) praṇamya parayā bhaktyā vainateyasamanvitam .'. dvāramāgatya ca punaḥ svargadvāropamaṃ śubham.. 109 .. > and having bowed with supreme devotion \[to the lord\] accompanied by the son of Vinatā (Garuḍa), / coming again to the auspicious gate resembling the gateway of heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.110) viśramya ca muhūrttārddhaṃ suhṛdbhirbāndhavairvṛtaḥ .. tatrāśritānsamāhūya brāhmaṇānmantrakovidān .. pūjādravyaṃ samānīya tatastīrthaṃ vrajedbudhaḥ .. 7.4.4.110 .. > and having rested for half a muhūrta surrounded by friends and relatives, / calling together the brahmins residing there who are skilled in mantras, / having brought the articles of worship, the wise man should then proceed to the tīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [15.4.110\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4.110_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye dvārakāyātrāvidhivarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Rules for the Dvārakā Pilgrimage', in the fourth \[sub-section\], the Dvārakāmāhātmya, in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.15.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Prabhāsakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakhanda.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Prabhasakhanda (ed1909)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prabhasakhanda*ed1909.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Dvārakāmāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.dvarakamahatmya.4.2) — Sanskrit - [Dvārakāpattala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.tirtha.ksetra.dvarakapattala.2.1) — Bīnabāyī, Sanskrit - [Kārtikaśuklaikādaśīprabodhinīvratakathā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.kartikasuklaikadasiprabodhinivratakatha.26) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.15.4) · Pramāṇa