Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
भक्त्या स्नात्वा तु तत्रैवं कुर्यात्कर्म यथोदितम् । देवान्पितॄन्मनुष्यांश्च तर्पयेद्भावसंयुतः
bhaktyā snātvā tu tatraivaṃ kuryātkarma yathoditam | devānpitṝnmanuṣyāṃśca tarpayedbhāvasaṃyutaḥ
ત્યાં ભક્તિપૂર્વક સ્નાન કરીને, જેમ વિધાન છે તેમ કર્મ કરવું; અને ભાવસહિત દેવો, પિતૃઓ તથા મનુષ્યોને તર્પણ આપવું।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee, freshly bathed, stands at the river edge offering cupped-water libations in sequence—toward the sky (devas), southward (pitṛs), and toward the assembly (humans)—with calm concentration.
FAQs
Devotion (bhakti) and correct performance of prescribed rites make tīrtha-practice fruitful, especially when done with sincere inner feeling (bhāva).
The Gomatī tīrtha in the Dvārakā region, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Tīrtha-snān (sacred bath) followed by tarpana—water-libations to Devas, Pitṛs, and others—performed as per injunction.