Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 176
अतस्तद्गोप्रताराख्यं तीर्थं विख्यातिमागतम् । गोप्रतारे परो मोक्षो नान्यतीर्थेषु विद्यते
atastadgopratārākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ vikhyātimāgatam | gopratāre paro mokṣo nānyatīrtheṣu vidyate
সেয়ে ‘গোপ্ৰতাৰ’ নামে খ্যাত সেই তীৰ্থ অতি প্ৰসিদ্ধ হ’ল। গোপ্ৰতাৰত পৰম মোক্ষ লাভ হয়; অন্য তীৰ্থত তেনে মোক্ষ নাপোৱা যায়।
Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)
Tirtha: Gopratāra
Type: ghat
Scene: A luminous river-ford at Ayodhyā identified as Gopratāra; pilgrims approach the ghāṭ with folded hands while a subtle presence of Hari sanctifies the waters; the atmosphere suggests ‘supreme liberation’ radiating from the crossing-place.
FAQs
It asserts a hierarchy of sacred places, proclaiming Gopratāra as exceptionally potent for mokṣa within the Purāṇic sacred-geography worldview.
Gopratāra Tīrtha on the Sarayū in Ayodhyā.
No explicit prescription is stated in this verse; it is a declarative praise of the tīrtha’s fruit (mokṣa).