Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
वंचितास्ते न सन्देहो दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं प्रभुम् । दृष्टं कृष्णमुखं नैव न स्नाता गोमतीजले
vaṃcitāste na sandeho dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ prabhum | dṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇamukhaṃ naiva na snātā gomatījale
Deceived indeed—there is no doubt—are those who, though they have seen Lord Someśvara, have not beheld Kṛṣṇa’s face and have not bathed in the waters of the Gomatī.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā) with Someshvara–Prabhāsa linkage
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim stands between two sacred poles: Someshvara’s liṅga-shrine behind, and ahead the sea-washed city of Dvārakā; the Gomatī waters shimmer, inviting snāna, while Kṛṣṇa’s icon beckons as the ‘missing’ darśana.
FAQs
Partial pilgrimage is portrayed as incomplete; the fullest fruit comes from completing the sacred circuit—Śiva at Somanātha and Kṛṣṇa with Gomatī snāna at Dvārakā.
Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa and the Gomatī tīrtha at Dvārakā.
Kṛṣṇa-darśana (seeing Kṛṣṇa’s face) and Gomatī-jala snāna (bathing in the Gomatī).