Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
कुरुक्षेत्रे च यत्पुण्यं राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । स्नानमात्रेण तत्पुण्यं गोमत्यां कृष्णसन्निधौ
kurukṣetre ca yatpuṇyaṃ rāhugraste divākare | snānamātreṇa tatpuṇyaṃ gomatyāṃ kṛṣṇasannidhau
কুৰুক্ষেত্ৰত ৰাহুৱে সূৰ্য গ্ৰাস কৰা সময়ত যি পুণ্য লাভ হয়—সেই একে পুণ্য গোমতীত শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ সান্নিধ্যত কেৱল স্নানমাত্ৰে লাভ হয়।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the Gomatī’s sacred bank with Dvārakā’s temples and Kṛṣṇa’s presence implied; a distant solar eclipse motif symbolically referenced (Rāhu grasping the sun).
FAQs
The presence of Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa sanctifies place and act: even a simple bath at the right tīrtha can equal extraordinary merits elsewhere.
Gomatī tīrtha at Dvārakā, specifically “in the presence of Kṛṣṇa” (kṛṣṇa-sannidhau).
Snāna (bathing) in the Gomatī; its merit is declared equivalent to eclipse-bathing at Kurukṣetra.