Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
ब्रह्मस्वहारिणः पापास्तथा देवस्वहारिणः । स्नानमात्रेण शुद्ध्यंति गोमत्यां नात्र संशयः
brahmasvahāriṇaḥ pāpāstathā devasvahāriṇaḥ | snānamātreṇa śuddhyaṃti gomatyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
حتى الملوَّثون بإثم سرقة أموال البراهمة، وكذلك سارقو أموال المعبد وأموال الآلهة، يتطهّرون بمجرد الاغتسال في نهر غوماتي—ولا شك في ذلك.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative convention within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A repentant offender approaches the Gomatī ghat, offers restitution at a shrine, then bathes; priests witness the act; the river is depicted as luminous, signifying purification beyond doubt.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as extraordinarily purifying, capable of cleansing even severe moral transgressions through sincere contact.
The Gomatī river tīrtha in the Dvārakā sacred region.
Snāna (bathing) in the Gomatī, emphasized as effective even ‘by bathing alone’.