Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
सिंहस्थे च गुरौ विप्रा गोदावर्य्यां तु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं स्नानमात्रेण गोमत्यां कृष्णसन्निधौ
siṃhasthe ca gurau viprā godāvaryyāṃ tu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ snānamātreṇa gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau
হে বিপ্ৰসকল! গুৰুও (বৃহস্পতী) সিংহ ৰাশিত থাকোঁতে গোদাৱৰীত যি পুণ্যফল লাভ হয়, সেই একে ফল গোমতীত শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ সান্নিধ্যত কেৱল স্নানমাত্ৰেই লাভ হয়।
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Pilgrims bathing in the Gomati with Dvārakā temple visible; a subtle celestial motif of Jupiter and Leo appears as a comparison cloud, while Kṛṣṇa’s presence radiates from the shrine.
FAQs
Dwārakā’s Gomati is exalted as so potent that simple bathing there equals famed astrological pilgrimage merits elsewhere.
The Gomati river at Dwārakā, explicitly tied to Kṛṣṇa’s presence.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Gomati is prescribed as highly meritorious.