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
Sans aucun doute, sont trompés ceux qui, bien qu’ayant vu le Seigneur Someśvara, n’ont pas contemplé le visage de Kṛṣṇa et ne se sont pas baignés dans les eaux de la 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).