Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
यस्याः सकृज्जलस्नानं स्पर्द्धते ब्रह्मविद्यया । तेन वै गोमती सेयं सर्वतीर्थोत्तमोत्तमा । ब्रह्मज्ञानेन मुच्यंते प्रयागमरणेन वा । स्नानमात्रेण गोमत्यां मुच्यते पूर्वजैः सह
yasyāḥ sakṛjjalasnānaṃ sparddhate brahmavidyayā | tena vai gomatī seyaṃ sarvatīrthottamottamā | brahmajñānena mucyaṃte prayāgamaraṇena vā | snānamātreṇa gomatyāṃ mucyate pūrvajaiḥ saha
En elle, un seul bain dans ses eaux rivalise avec la puissance salvatrice de la connaissance de Brahman. Ainsi, cette Gomati est vraiment la plus haute des plus hautes parmi tous les tīrtha. La délivrance s’obtient par la réalisation de Brahman, ou par la mort à Prayāga ; pourtant, par le seul bain dans la Gomati, on est libéré—avec ses ancêtres.
Śrī Nārada
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: river/ghat
Scene: A serene vision of the Gomati’s waters glowing; a pilgrim bathing while subtle ancestral figures (pitṛs) rise purified behind, and a distant symbolic image of Prayāga’s confluence appears as a comparison; above, a luminous Brahman/Hari presence signifies liberation.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace can accelerate liberation: Gomati at Dvārakā is praised as a supreme purifier whose snāna bestows freedom, even benefiting one’s lineage.
The Gomati River (Gomatī-tīrtha) associated with Dvārakā is declared the श्रेष्ठतम (supreme) among all tīrthas.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in the Gomati is explicitly praised as sufficient to confer liberation and ancestral uplift.