Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
पितृपक्षे च ये केचिन्मातृपक्षे कुलोद्भवाः । सर्वे ते मुक्तिमायांति गोमत्या दर्शनात्कलौ
pitṛpakṣe ca ye kecinmātṛpakṣe kulodbhavāḥ | sarve te muktimāyāṃti gomatyā darśanātkalau
Durant le Pitṛpakṣa, période sacrée aux Pères, et de même durant le Mātṛpakṣa, période sacrée aux Mères, quels que soient les ancêtres issus de la lignée : tous obtiennent la délivrance en l’âge de Kali par la seule vision auspicieuse (darśana) de la Gomati.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor(s) and general pilgrims
Scene: Pilgrims at Gomati ghāṭa during Pitṛpakṣa: offering water with black sesame, kusa grass, and folded hands; behind them, translucent ancestral figures (pitṛs and mātṛs) rise upward, shedding darkness and moving toward light.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, even simple darśana of a powerful tīrtha like Gomati can uplift one’s lineage and lead toward mokṣa.
Gomatī-tīrtha associated with Dvārakā in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
No detailed rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the merit of darśana of Gomati during Pitṛpakṣa/Mātṛpakṣa.