Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
गोमती च समानीता तपसा नृपसत्तम । तत्र स्नातो नरः सम्यक्पातकै र्विप्रमुच्यते
gomatī ca samānītā tapasā nṛpasattama | tatra snāto naraḥ samyakpātakai rvipramucyate
हे नृपसत्तम, तपस्या के बल से गोमती भी वहाँ लाई गई; वहाँ स्नान करने वाला मनुष्य सम्यक् रूप से पापों से मुक्त हो जाता है।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Gomatī at Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa (implied)
Type: kund
Listener: A king (nṛpasattama/nṛpaśreṣṭha)
Scene: Vasiṣṭha performs austerity; from the earth or sky, the river Gomatī manifests and fills the kunda; pilgrims bathe as a luminous current enters the pool, symbolizing pātaka release.
FAQs
Austerity sanctifies geography; bathing at such sanctified waters is taught as a means of inner and karmic purification.
The bathing place at/near Vasiṣṭha’s kuṇḍa where Gomatī is said to have been brought through tapas.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha for removal of pātakas.