Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
गोमत्यां स्नाति यो भक्त्या माघं माधववल्लभम् । समाप्तौ रक्तवस्त्राणि कञ्चुकोष्णीषमेव च
gomatyāṃ snāti yo bhaktyā māghaṃ mādhavavallabham | samāptau raktavastrāṇi kañcukoṣṇīṣameva ca
যে ভক্তিভরে গোमतीতে মাধবপ্রিয় মাঘ মাস জুড়ে স্নান করে, সে ব্রতসমাপ্তিতে লাল বস্ত্র, কঞ্চুক (অঙ্গরখা) ও উষ্ণীষ (পাগড়ি) দান করবে।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Dawn on Māgha month at the Gomatī ghāṭa in Dvārakā: devotees step into cool water with folded hands; at the end of the observance, red cloth bundles, a tunic, and a turban are offered near a Vaiṣṇava shrine with lamps and conch sounds.
FAQs
A vow culminates in gratitude expressed through dāna; merit is sealed by giving at the observance’s end.
Gomatī tīrtha in the Dvārakā region, praised for Māgha-month bathing.
Māgha-long bathing in Gomatī and, at completion, gifting red garments along with a tunic and a turban.