Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
वसिष्ठस्यानुगा भूत्वा याहि शीघ्रं धरातलम् । तातं पुत्रीवानुयाता वसिष्ठतनया भव
vasiṣṭhasyānugā bhūtvā yāhi śīghraṃ dharātalam | tātaṃ putrīvānuyātā vasiṣṭhatanayā bhava
Werde eine Gefährtin Vasiṣṭhas und geh eilends hinab zur Erde. Folge dem Ehrwürdigen wie eine Tochter ihrem Vater und werde als Vasiṣṭhas Tochter bekannt.
Varuṇa (deduced from proximity to ‘Varuṇālaya’ and the command narrative)
Tirtha: Gomatī (as Vasiṣṭha-tanayā)
Type: river
Scene: Vasiṣṭha leads; the river-goddess follows like a devoted daughter, emphasizing reverence, guidance, and sacred lineage.
FAQs
Holy waters serve dharma by aligning themselves with realized sages, thereby becoming channels of purification for the world.
The Gomatī tīrtha/river, whose descent and identity are linked with Ṛṣi Vasiṣṭha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates the dharmic commissioning of the river’s descent.