The Glory of the Name of Dvaraka

Verse 1 (skanda.7.482.1)

प्रह्लाद उवाच । अहो क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं समंताद्दशयोजनम् । दिविष्ठा यत्र पश्यंति सर्वानेव चतुर्भुजान् ॥ १ ॥

prahlāda uvāca | aho kṣetrasya māhātmyaṁ samaṁtāddaśayojanam | diviṣṭhā yatra paśyaṁti sarvāneva caturbhujān || 1 ||

Prahlada said: Ah, the glory of this field — extending ten yojanas all around, where even the dwellers of heaven behold everyone in a four-armed form.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.482.2)

अहो क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं दृष्ट्वा नित्यं चतुर्भुजान् । द्वारकावासिनः सर्वान्नमस्यंति दिवौकसः ॥ २ ॥

aho kṣetrasya māhātmyaṁ dṛṣṭvā nityaṁ caturbhujān | dvārakāvāsinaḥ sarvānnamasyaṁti divaukasaḥ || 2 ||

Ah, the glory of this field — the dwellers of heaven, ever beholding all the residents of Dvaraka in their four-armed form, bow down to them.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.482.3)

अहो क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वशास्त्रेषु विश्रुतम् । अहो क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं शृण्वंतु ऋषयोऽमलाः ॥ ३ ॥

aho kṣetrasya māhātmyaṁ sarvaśāstreṣu viśrutam | aho kṣetrasya māhātmyaṁ śṛṇvaṁtu ṛṣayo'malāḥ || 3 ||

Ah, the glory of this field is renowned in all the scriptures. Ah, let the pure sages hear the glory of this field.

Verse 4 (skanda.7.482.4)

मुक्तिं नेच्छंति यत्रस्थाः कृष्णसेवोत्सुकाः सदा । यत्रत्याश्चैव पाषाणा यत्र क्वापि विमुक्तिदाः ॥ ४ ॥

muktiṁ necchaṁti yatrasthāḥ kṛṣṇasevotsukāḥ sadā | yatratyāścaiva pāṣāṇā yatra kvāpi vimuktidāḥ || 4 ||

Those who dwell here, ever eager for the service of Krishna, do not even desire liberation. Even the stones here, wherever they may be, grant liberation.

Verse 5 (skanda.7.482.5)

अपि कीट पतंगाद्याः पशवोऽथ सरीसृपाः । विमुक्ताः पापिनः सर्वे द्वारकायाः प्रसादतः । किं पुनर्मानवा नित्यं द्वारकायां वसंति ये ॥ ५ ॥

api kīṭa pataṁgādyāḥ paśavo'tha sarīsṛpāḥ | vimuktāḥ pāpinaḥ sarve dvārakāyāḥ prasādataḥ | kiṁ punarmānavā nityaṁ dvārakāyāṁ vasaṁti ye || 5 ||

Even insects, moths, beasts, and reptiles — all sinners — are liberated by the grace of Dvaraka. What then need be said of men who dwell perpetually in Dvaraka!

Verse 6 (skanda.7.482.6)

या गतिः सर्वजंतूनां द्वारकापुरवासिनाम् । सा गतिर्दुर्लभा नूनं मुनीनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसाम् ॥ ६ ॥

yā gatiḥ sarvajaṁtūnāṁ dvārakāpuravāsinām | sā gatirdurlabhā nūnaṁ munīnāmūrdhvaretasām || 6 ||

The destiny that all creatures dwelling in the city of Dvaraka attain is indeed rare even for sages of perfect continence.

Verse 7 (skanda.7.482.7)

सर्वेषु क्षेत्रतीर्थेषु वसतां वर्षकोटिभिः । तत्फलं निमिषार्द्धेन द्वारकायां दिनेदिने ॥ ७ ॥

sarveṣu kṣetratīrtheṣu vasatāṁ varṣakoṭibhiḥ | tatphalaṁ nimiṣārddhena dvārakāyāṁ dinedine || 7 ||

The fruit obtained by dwelling in all the fields and sacred fords for crores of years is obtained in Dvaraka every single day in but half a moment.

Verse 8 (skanda.7.482.8)

द्वारकायां स्थिताः सर्वे नरा नार्य्यश्चतुर्भुजाः । द्वारकावासिनः सर्वान्यः पश्येत्कलुषापहान् । सत्यंसत्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठाः कृष्णस्यातिप्रियो भवेत् ॥ ८ ॥

dvārakāyāṁ sthitāḥ sarve narā nāryaścaturbhujāḥ | dvārakāvāsinaḥ sarvānyaḥ paśyetkaluṣāpahān | satyaṁsatyaṁ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kṛṣṇasyātipriyo bhavet || 8 ||

All the men and women dwelling in Dvaraka are four-armed. Whoever beholds all the residents of Dvaraka, who remove impurity — O best of brahmins, truly, truly, he becomes exceedingly dear to Krishna.

Verse 9 (skanda.7.482.9)

द्वारकावासिनो ये वै निंदंति पुरुषाधमाः । कृष्णस्नेहविहीनास्ते पतंति दुःखसागरे ॥ ९ ॥

dvārakāvāsino ye vai niṁdaṁti puruṣādhamāḥ | kṛṣṇasnehavihīnāste pataṁti duḥkhasāgare || 9 ||

Those base men who slander the residents of Dvaraka, bereft of Krishna's affection, fall into an ocean of misery.

Verse 10 (skanda.7.482.10)

जयंतेन भृशं त्रस्ताः शूलाग्रारोपिताश्चिरम् । कर्षितास्ताडितास्ते वै मूर्च्छिताः पुनरुत्थिताः ॥ १० ॥

jayaṁtena bhṛśaṁ trastāḥ śūlāgrāropitāściram | karṣitāstāḍitāste vai mūrcchitāḥ punarutthitāḥ || 10 ||

Greatly terrified by Jayanta, they are impaled for a long time on the point of a spear, dragged, beaten, and, having swooned, rise up again.

Verse 11 (skanda.7.482.11)

त्राहित्राहि जयंत त्वं वदंतो हि भयातुराः । स्मरंतः पूर्वपापं ते जयंतेन प्रताडिताः ॥ ११ ॥

trāhitrāhi jayaṁta tvaṁ vadaṁto hi bhayāturāḥ | smaraṁtaḥ pūrvapāpaṁ te jayaṁtena pratāḍitāḥ || 11 ||

Crying out in terror, "Save me, save me, O Jayanta!", they, recalling their former sin, are struck by Jayanta.

Verse 12 (skanda.7.482.12)

जयंत उवाच । किं कृतं मंदभाग्यैर्वो यत्पापं च सुदारुणम् । सर्वं पुण्यफलं लब्ध्वा द्वारकावासमुत्तमम् ॥ १२ ॥

jayaṁta uvāca | kiṁ kṛtaṁ maṁdabhāgyairvo yatpāpaṁ ca sudāruṇam | sarvaṁ puṇyaphalaṁ labdhvā dvārakāvāsamuttamam || 12 ||

Jayanta said: What terrible sin have you committed, O ill-fated ones, that, having obtained all the fruit of merit — the excellent dwelling in Dvaraka — you still did this?

Verse 13 (skanda.7.482.13)

द्वारकावासिनां निंदा महापापाधिका ध्रुवम् । न निवर्तेत तत्पापं सा ज्ञेया परमेश्वरी ॥ १३ ॥

dvārakāvāsināṁ niṁdā mahāpāpādhikā dhruvam | na nivarteta tatpāpaṁ sā jñeyā parameśvarī || 13 ||

Slandering the residents of Dvaraka is certainly worse than the gravest sin. That sin does not depart — know this to be the decree of the Supreme Goddess.

Verse 14 (skanda.7.482.14)

अतः कृष्णाज्ञया सर्वान्पापिनो दंडयाम्यहम् । वैष्णवानां च निंदायाः फलं भुक्त्वा सुदारुणम् ॥ १४ ॥

ataḥ kṛṣṇājñayā sarvānpāpino daṇḍayāmyaham | vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca niṁdāyāḥ phalaṁ bhuktvā sudāruṇam || 14 ||

Therefore, by Krishna's command, I punish all these sinners, that they may experience the most dreadful fruit of slandering the Vaishnavas.

Verse 15 (skanda.7.482.15)

ततस्तु द्वारकायां च पुण्यं जन्म भविष्यति । कृष्णं प्रतोष्य संसिद्धिर्भविष्यति सुदुर्ल्लभा ॥ १५ ॥

tatastu dvārakāyāṁ ca puṇyaṁ janma bhaviṣyati | kṛṣṇaṁ pratoṣya saṁsiddhirbhaviṣyati sudurllabhā || 15 ||

Thereafter they shall obtain a meritorious birth in Dvaraka itself, and, having gratified Krishna, they shall attain a most rare accomplishment.

Verse 16 (skanda.7.482.16)

तस्मात्तद्भुज्यतां पापं जातं वैष्णवनिंदनात् । तत्रत्यानां प्रभुर्नैव यम ईष्टे महेश्वरः ॥ १६ ॥

tasmāttadbhujyatāṁ pāpaṁ jātaṁ vaiṣṇavaniṁdanāt | tatratyānāṁ prabhurnaiva yama īṣṭe maheśvaraḥ || 16 ||

Therefore let that sin born of slandering the Vaishnavas be duly experienced. Even great Yama, the lord, has no authority over the dwellers there.

Verse 17 (skanda.7.482.17)

श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । तस्माद्द्वारवतीं गत्वा संसेव्यो देवनायकः ॥ १७ ॥

śrīprahlāda uvāca | tasmāddvāravatīṁ gatvā saṁsevyo devanāyakaḥ || 17 ||

Shri Prahlada said: Therefore, going to Dvaravati, the lord of the gods should be devotedly served.

Verse 18 (skanda.7.482.18)

गोमतीतीरमाश्रित्य द्वारकायां प्रयच्छति । यत्तु किंचिद्धनं विप्राः श्रूयतां तत्फलोदयम् ॥ १८ ॥

gomatītīramāśritya dvārakāyāṁ prayacchati | yattu kiṁciddhanaṁ viprāḥ śrūyatāṁ tatphalodayam || 18 ||

Whoever, resorting to the bank of the Gomati, gives even a little wealth in Dvaraka — O brahmins, hear the rising of its fruit.

Verse 19 (skanda.7.482.19)

हेमभारसहस्रैस्तु रविवारे रविग्रहे । कुरुक्षेत्रे यदाप्नोति गजाश्वरथदानतः ॥ १९ ॥

hemabhārasahasraistu ravivāre ravigrahe | kurukṣetre yadāpnoti gajāśvarathadānataḥ || 19 ||

The fruit obtained at Kurukshetra on a Sunday during a solar eclipse from the gift of thousands of loads of gold, elephants, horses and chariots,

Verse 20 (skanda.7.482.20)

सहस्रगुणितं तस्मात्सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम् । हेममाषार्द्धमानेन द्वारकादानयोगतः ॥ २० ॥

sahasraguṇitaṁ tasmātsatyaṁsatyaṁ mayoditam | hemamāṣārddhamānena dvārakādānayogataḥ || 20 ||

Truly, truly, I declare that a thousand times greater fruit is obtained from giving in Dvaraka even half a masha's weight of gold.

Verse 21 (skanda.7.482.21)

पत्राणां चैव पुष्पाणां नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्यया । कृष्णदेवस्य पूजायामनंतं भवति द्विजाः ॥ २१ ॥

patrāṇāṁ caiva puṣpāṇāṁ naivedyasikthasaṁkhyayā | kṛṣṇadevasya pūjāyāmanaṁtaṁ bhavati dvijāḥ || 21 ||

O brahmins, according to the number of leaves, flowers and grains of food-offering, infinite fruit arises in the worship of Lord Krishna.

Verse 22 (skanda.7.482.22)

अन्नदानं तु यः कुर्य्याद्द्वारकायां तु तत्फलम् । नैव शक्नोम्यहं वक्तुं ब्रह्मा शेषमहेश्वरौ ॥ २२ ॥

annadānaṁ tu yaḥ kuryāddvārakāyāṁ tu tatphalam | naiva śaknomyahaṁ vaktuṁ brahmā śeṣamaheśvarau || 22 ||

Whoever performs the gift of food in Dvaraka — its fruit I am unable to describe, nor can Brahma, Shesha, or Maheshvara describe it either.

Verse 23 (skanda.7.482.23)

ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यः शूद्रो वाऽप्यथ वाऽत्यजः । नारी वा द्वारकायां वै भक्त्या वासं करोति वै ॥ २३ ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā'pyatha vā'ntyajaḥ | nārī vā dvārakāyāṁ vai bhaktyā vāsaṁ karoti vai || 23 ||

A brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, shudra, or an outcaste, or a woman — whoever dwells in Dvaraka with devotion,

Verse 24 (skanda.7.482.24)

कुलकोटिं समुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोके महीयते । सत्यंसत्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठा नानृतं मम भाषितम् ॥ २४ ॥

kulakoṭiṁ samuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke mahīyate | satyaṁsatyaṁ dvijaśreṣṭhā nānṛtaṁ mama bhāṣitam || 24 ||

He delivers a crore of his lineage and is honored in the world of Vishnu. O best of brahmins, truly, truly, my words are not false.

Verse 25 (skanda.7.482.25)

द्वारकावासिनं दृष्ट्वा स्पृष्ट्वा चैव विशेषतः । महापापविनिर्मुक्ताः स्वर्गलोके वसंति ते ॥ २५ ॥

dvārakāvāsinaṁ dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā caiva viśeṣataḥ | mahāpāpavinirmuktāḥ svargaloke vasaṁti te || 25 ||

Beholding a resident of Dvaraka, and especially touching him, they, freed from great sin, dwell in the heavenly world.

Verse 26 (skanda.7.482.26)

पांसुवो द्वारकाया वै वायुना समुदीरिताः । पापिनां मुक्तिदाः प्रोक्ताः किं पुनर्द्वारका भुवि ॥ २६ ॥

pāṁsuvo dvārakāyā vai vāyunā samudīritāḥ | pāpināṁ muktidāḥ proktāḥ kiṁ punardvārakā bhuvi || 26 ||

Even the dust of Dvaraka, when carried by the wind, is declared to grant liberation to sinners. What then need be said of the very soil of Dvaraka!

Verse 27 (skanda.7.482.27)

श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । श्रूयतां द्विजशार्दूला महामोहविनाशनम् । द्वारकायाश्च माहात्म्यं गोमतीकृष्णसन्निधौ ॥ २७ ॥

śrīprahlāda uvāca | śrūyatāṁ dvijaśārdūlā mahāmohavināśanam | dvārakāyāśca māhātmyaṁ gomatīkṛṣṇasannidhau || 27 ||

Shri Prahlada said: O tigers among brahmins, hear the glory of Dvaraka, dwelling in the presence of the Gomati and Krishna, which destroys great delusion.

Verse 28 (skanda.7.482.28)

कुशावर्त्तात्समारभ्य यावद्वै सागरावधि । यस्यां तिथौ समायाति सिंहे देवपुरोहितः ॥ २८ ॥

kuśāvarttātsamārabhya yāvadvai sāgarāvadhi | yasyāṁ tithau samāyāti siṁhe devapurohitaḥ || 28 ||

Beginning from Kushavarta up to the ocean — on the day when the preceptor of the gods, Jupiter, enters Leo,

Verse 29 (skanda.7.482.29)

तस्यां हि गोमतीस्नानं द्विषङ्गोदावरीफलम् । अवगाहिता प्रयत्नेन सिंहांते गौतमी सकृत् ॥ २९ ॥

tasyāṁ hi gomatīsnānaṁ dviṣaṅgodāvarīphalam | avagāhitā prayatnena siṁhāṁte gautamī sakṛt || 29 ||

On that day, bathing in the Gomati yields twice the fruit of the Godavari. Immersing oneself once in the Gautami with effort at the end of Leo yields the same fruit.

Verse 30 (skanda.7.482.30)

गोदावर्य्यां भवेत्पुण्यं वसतो वर्षसंख्यया । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति गोमतीसेवनाद्द्विजाः ॥ ३० ॥

godāvaryāṁ bhavetpuṇyaṁ vasato varṣasaṁkhyayā | tatphalaṁ samavāpnoti gomatīsevanāddvijāḥ || 30 ||

O brahmins, the merit that comes from dwelling by the Godavari for years, that fruit is obtained from serving the Gomati alone.

Verse 31 (skanda.7.482.31)

गोमत्यां श्रद्धया स्नानं पूर्णे सिंहस्थिते गुरौ । सहस्रगुणितं तत्स्याद्द्वारवत्यां दिनेदिने ॥ ३१ ॥

gomatyāṁ śraddhayā snānaṁ pūrṇe siṁhasthite gurau | sahasraguṇitaṁ tatsyāddvāravatyāṁ dinedine || 31 ||

When Jupiter is fully situated in Leo, the fruit of bathing in the Gomati with devotion becomes a thousandfold every single day in Dvaravati.

Verse 32 (skanda.7.482.32)

गच्छगच्छ महाभाग द्वारकामिति यो वदेत् । तस्यावलोकनादेव मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः ॥ ३२ ॥

gacchagaccha mahābhāga dvārakāmiti yo vadet | tasyāvalokanādeva mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ || 32 ||

Whoever says "Go, go, O most fortunate one, go to Dvaraka" — by the mere sight of him a man is freed from all sins.

Verse 33 (skanda.7.482.33)

द्वारकेति च यो ब्रूयाद्द्वारकाभिमुखो नरः । कृपया कृष्णदेवस्य मुक्तिभागी भवेद्ध्रुवम् ॥ ३३ ॥

dvāraketi ca yo brūyāddvārakābhimukho naraḥ | kṛpayā kṛṣṇadevasya muktibhāgī bhaveddhruvam || 33 ||

Whoever, facing toward Dvaraka, utters the word "Dvaraka," by the grace of Lord Krishna certainly becomes a sharer of liberation.

Verse 34 (skanda.7.482.34)

द्वारकां गोमतीं पुण्यां रुक्मिणीं कृष्णमेव च । स्मरंति येऽन्वहं भक्त्या द्वारकाफलभागिनः ॥ ३४ ॥

dvārakāṁ gomatīṁ puṇyāṁ rukmiṇīṁ kṛṣṇameva ca | smaraṁti ye'nvahaṁ bhaktyā dvārakāphalabhāginaḥ || 34 ||

Those who daily remember with devotion Dvaraka, the sacred Gomati, Rukmini, and Krishna, become sharers of the fruit of Dvaraka.

Verse 35 (skanda.7.482.35)

सहस्रयोजनस्थानां येषां स्यादिति मानसम् । द्वारवत्यां गमिष्यामो द्रक्ष्यामो द्वारकेश्वरम् ॥ ३५ ॥

sahasrayojanasthānāṁ yeṣāṁ syāditi mānasam | dvāravatyāṁ gamiṣyāmo drakṣyāmo dvārakeśvaram || 35 ||

Those who, even while dwelling a thousand yojanas away, resolve in their mind, "We shall go to Dvaravati, we shall behold the Lord of Dvaraka,"

Verse 36 (skanda.7.482.36)

सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यंते धन्यास्ते लोकपावनाः । किं वाच्यं द्वारकायात्रां ये प्रकुर्वंति मानवाः । किं पुनर्द्वारकानाथं कृष्णं पश्यंति ये नराः ॥ ३६ ॥

sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyaṁte dhanyāste lokapāvanāḥ | kiṁ vācyaṁ dvārakāyātrāṁ ye prakurvaṁti mānavāḥ | kiṁ punardvārakānāthaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ paśyaṁti ye narāḥ || 36 ||

They are freed from all sins; they are blessed, purifiers of the world. What need be said of those who undertake the pilgrimage to Dvaraka! What then of those who behold Krishna, the Lord of Dvaraka!

Verse 37 (skanda.7.482.37)

मित्रध्रुग्ब्रह्महा गोघ्नः परदारापहारकः । मातृहा पितृहा चैव ब्रह्मस्वापहरस्तथा ॥ ३७ ॥

mitradhrugbrahmahā goghnaḥ paradārāpahārakaḥ | mātṛhā pitṛhā caiva brahmasvāpaharastathā || 37 ||

One who betrays a friend, a slayer of a brahmin, a killer of a cow, an abductor of another's wife, a slayer of his mother, a slayer of his father, and one who seizes a brahmin's property,

Verse 38 (skanda.7.482.38)

एते चान्ये च पापिष्ठा महापापयुताश्च ये । सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यंते कृष्णदेवस्य दर्शनात् ॥ ३८ ॥

ete cānye ca pāpiṣṭhā mahāpāpayutāśca ye | sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyaṁte kṛṣṇadevasya darśanāt || 38 ||

These and other most sinful persons burdened with grave sins — all of them are freed from every sin by the mere sight of Lord Krishna.

Verse 39 (skanda.7.482.39)

किं वेदैः श्रद्धया हीनैर्व्याख्यानैरपि कृत्स्नशः । हेमभारसहस्रैः किं कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे ॥ ३९ ॥

kiṁ vedaiḥ śraddhayā hīnairvyākhyānairapi kṛtsnaśaḥ | hemabhārasahasraiḥ kiṁ kurukṣetre ravigrahe || 39 ||

What is the use of the Vedas and all their commentaries, void of faith? What is the use of thousands of loads of gold given at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse?

Verse 40 (skanda.7.482.40)

गजाश्वरथदानैः किं किं मंदिरप्रतिष्ठया । तेषां पूजादिना सम्यगिष्टा पूर्तादिभिश्च किम् ॥ ४० ॥

gajāśvarathadānaiḥ kiṁ kiṁ maṁdirapratiṣṭhayā | teṣāṁ pūjādinā samyagiṣṭā pūrtādibhiśca kim || 40 ||

What is the use of gifts of elephants, horses, and chariots? What is the use of consecrating temples? What is the use of duly worshipping them, and of charitable works and the like?

Verse 41 (skanda.7.482.41)

राजसूयाश्वमेधाद्यैः सर्वयज्ञैश्च किं भवेत् । सेवनैः क्षेत्रतीर्थानां तपोभिर्विविधैस्तु किम् ॥ ४१ ॥

rājasūyāśvamedhādyaiḥ sarvayajñaiśca kiṁ bhavet | sevanaiḥ kṣetratīrthānāṁ tapobhirvividhaistu kim || 41 ||

What use are the Rajasuya, Ashvamedha and all the other sacrifices? What use is the service of fields and sacred fords, and the various austerities?

Verse 42 (skanda.7.482.42)

किं मोक्षसाधनैः क्लेशैर्ध्यानयोगसमाधिभिः । द्वारकेश्वरकृष्णस्य दर्शनं यस्य जायते ॥ ४२ ॥

kiṁ mokṣasādhanaiḥ kleśairdhyānayogasamādhibhiḥ | dvārakeśvarakṛṣṇasya darśanaṁ yasya jāyate || 42 ||

What use are the means of liberation, their attendant hardships, meditation, yoga and trance, for one who obtains the sight of Krishna, the Lord of Dvaraka?

Verse 43 (skanda.7.482.43)

माहात्म्यं द्वारकायास्तु अथवा यः शृणोति च । विशेषेण तु वैशाख्यां जयंत्याश्चैव जागरे ॥ ४३ ॥

māhātmyaṁ dvārakāyāstu athavā yaḥ śṛṇoti ca | viśeṣeṇa tu vaiśākhyāṁ jayaṁtyāścaiva jāgare || 43 ||

Or he who hears the glory of Dvaraka, especially in the month of Vaishakha, during the vigil of Jayanti,

Verse 44 (skanda.7.482.44)

माघ्यां च फाल्गुने चैत्रे ज्येष्ठे चैव विशेषतः । अद्यापि द्वारका पुण्या कलावपि विशेषतः ॥ ४४ ॥

māghyāṁ ca phālgune caitre jyeṣṭhe caiva viśeṣataḥ | adyāpi dvārakā puṇyā kalāvapi viśeṣataḥ || 44 ||

And in Magha, Phalguna, Chaitra, and especially in Jyeshtha — even today, even in the Kali age, Dvaraka remains especially sacred.

Verse 45 (skanda.7.482.45)

यस्यां सत्रं प्रपां कृत्वा प्रासादं मंचमेव च । यतीनां शरणं कृत्वा तीरे मंडपमेव च ॥ ४५ ॥

yasyāṁ satraṁ prapāṁ kṛtvā prāsādaṁ maṁcameva ca | yatīnāṁ śaraṇaṁ kṛtvā tīre maṁḍapameva ca || 45 ||

In which one who has built a charitable feeding-house, a water-shed, a mansion and a platform, a shelter for ascetics, and a pavilion on the bank,

Verse 46 (skanda.7.482.46)

वापीकूपतडागानां जीर्णोद्धारमथापि वा । मूर्तिं विष्णोः प्रतिष्ठाप्य दत्त्वा वा भोगसाधनम् ॥ ४६ ॥

vāpīkūpataḍāgānāṁ jīrṇoddhāramathāpi vā | mūrtiṁ viṣṇoḥ pratiṣṭhāpya dattvā vā bhogasādhanam || 46 ||

Or who has restored dilapidated step-wells, wells and tanks, or installed an image of Vishnu, or offered the means of divine enjoyment,

Verse 47 (skanda.7.482.47)

श्रूयतां तत्फलं विप्राः सर्वोत्कृष्टं वदाम्यहम् । संप्राप्य वांछितान्कामान्कृष्णानुग्रहभाजनम् ॥ ४७ ॥

śrūyatāṁ tatphalaṁ viprāḥ sarvotkṛṣṭaṁ vadāmyaham | saṁprāpya vāṁchitānkāmānkṛṣṇānugrahabhājanam || 47 ||

O brahmins, hear its fruit, which I declare to be the very best — he obtains all his desired wishes and becomes a vessel of Krishna's grace.

Verse 48 (skanda.7.482.48)

तेजोमयेषु लोकेषु भुक्त्वा भोगाननुक्रमात् । प्राप्नोति विष्णुलोकं वै नरो देवनमस्कृतम् ॥ ४८ ॥

tejomayeṣu lokeṣu bhuktvā bhogānanukramāt | prāpnoti viṣṇulokaṁ vai naro devanamaskṛtam || 48 ||

Having enjoyed pleasures in succession in worlds of light, that man attains the world of Vishnu, honored by the salutations of the gods.

Verse 49 (skanda.7.482.49)

स्थापयेद्द्वारकायां वै मूर्तिं दारुशिलामयीम् । त्रैलोक्यं स्थापितं तेन विष्णोः सायुज्यतामियात् ॥ ४९ ॥

sthāpayeddvārakāyāṁ vai mūrtiṁ dāruśilāmayīm | trailokyaṁ sthāpitaṁ tena viṣṇoḥ sāyujyatāmiyāt || 49 ||

Whoever installs in Dvaraka an image of Vishnu made of wood or stone — by him, as it were, the three worlds themselves are established, and he attains union with Vishnu.

Verse 50 (skanda.7.482.50)

प्ररोहो नास्ति पापस्य पुण्यस्य वृद्धिरुत्तमा । द्वारकायां कथं जातं वैलक्षण्यमिदं प्रभो । क्षेत्रेभ्यः सर्वतीर्थेभ्य आश्चर्य्यं कथयंति ते ॥ ५० ॥

praroho nāsti pāpasya puṇyasya vṛddhiruttamā | dvārakāyāṁ kathaṁ jātaṁ vailakṣaṇyamidaṁ prabho | kṣetrebhyaḥ sarvatīrthebhya āścaryaṁ kathayaṁti te || 50 ||

Here sin does not sprout, and merit increases supremely. O Lord, how has this uniqueness arisen in Dvaraka? They themselves declare this wonder, surpassing all fields and sacred fords.