Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53
ब्रह्मस्वहारिणः पापास्तथा देवस्वहारिणः । स्नानमात्रेण शुद्ध्यंति गोमत्यां नात्र संशयः
brahmasvahāriṇaḥ pāpāstathā devasvahāriṇaḥ | snānamātreṇa śuddhyaṃti gomatyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
Even those stained by the sin of stealing brāhmaṇa property, and likewise those who steal temple or divine property, are purified by bathing alone in the Gomatī—of this there is no doubt.
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative convention within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A repentant offender approaches the Gomatī ghat, offers restitution at a shrine, then bathes; priests witness the act; the river is depicted as luminous, signifying purification beyond doubt.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as extraordinarily purifying, capable of cleansing even severe moral transgressions through sincere contact.
The Gomatī river tīrtha in the Dvārakā sacred region.
Snāna (bathing) in the Gomatī, emphasized as effective even ‘by bathing alone’.