Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 72
विभोर्गुप्तहरेस्तत्र संगमस्नानपूर्विका । गोप्रतारे च तीर्थेऽस्मिन्सरयूघर्घराश्रिते । स्नात्वा देवोऽर्चनीयोऽयं सर्वकामफलप्रदः
vibhorguptaharestatra saṃgamasnānapūrvikā | gopratāre ca tīrthe'sminsarayūghargharāśrite | snātvā devo'rcanīyo'yaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ
Là, pour le puissant Seigneur Guptahari, le rite commence par le bain au confluent. En ce tīrtha de Gopratāra, situé près de la Sarayū et de la Ghargharā, après s’être baigné, qu’on adore cette divinité, car elle accorde les fruits de tout désir.
Agastya (contextual narration)
Tirtha: Gopratāra tīrtha (Sarayū–Ghargharā saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Listener: viprendra (implied)
Scene: Pilgrims at a river confluence; two streams meet; after snāna they approach a shrine of Guptahari—Viṣṇu in a slightly hidden/‘gupta’ aspect—offering flowers and tulasī.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma unites place, rite, and devotion: saṅgama-snānā purifies, and worship of Hari completes the pilgrimage with spiritual and worldly fruits.
Gopratāra tīrtha at the Sarayū–Ghargharā confluence, associated with Guptahari.
Perform saṅgama-snānā first, then worship (arcana) Guptahari at Gopratāra for sarvakāma-phala.