Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
एतत्प्राप्तिपुरंनाम एषा साभ्रमती नदी । गर्तातीर्थमिदं पुण्यमेतस्याः परिकीर्तितम्
etatprāptipuraṃnāma eṣā sābhramatī nadī | gartātīrthamidaṃ puṇyametasyāḥ parikīrtitam
Ce lieu se nomme Prāptipura, et voici la rivière Sābhramatī. Ici est proclamé le gué sacré nommé Gartātīrtha, plein de mérite, en lien avec elle.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Gartātīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A cartographic-narrative tableau: a signifying view of Prāptipura by the Sābhramatī—river flowing, a marked ford/ghāṭa labeled Gartātīrtha, pilgrims approaching with waterpots and offerings.
FAQs
Sacred places are identified and praised so devotees may recognize where merit (puṇya) is especially accessible through tīrtha-contact.
Gartātīrtha, associated with the river Sābhramatī near the place called Prāptipura.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it functions as a tīrtha-identification and praise (māhātmya) marker.