Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
कदा नु गोमतीस्नानमस्माकं तु भविष्यति । चक्रतीर्थे कदा स्नात्वा कृष्णदेवस्य मंदिरम् । द्रक्ष्यामः सुमहापुण्यं मुक्तिद्वारमपावृतम्
kadā nu gomatīsnānamasmākaṃ tu bhaviṣyati | cakratīrthe kadā snātvā kṛṣṇadevasya maṃdiram | drakṣyāmaḥ sumahāpuṇyaṃ muktidvāramapāvṛtam
हमारा गोमती में पवित्र स्नान कब होगा? और चक्रतीर्थ में स्नान करके हम कब भगवान कृष्ण के उस परम-पुण्य मंदिर के दर्शन करेंगे, जो मानो मुक्ति का द्वार खुला हुआ है?
Pilgrims/Ṛṣis (collective voice within Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Gomātī and Cakra-tīrtha (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims/sages envision bathing in the Gomātī, then walking to Cakra-tīrtha and finally standing before Kṛṣṇa’s temple whose doors shine like an open gateway to liberation.
FAQs
A longing for pilgrimage is itself devotional merit, culminating in purifying snāna and Kṛṣṇa-darśana as a direct path toward mokṣa.
Gomātī river bathing and Cakra-tīrtha in Dvārakā, culminating in darśana of Kṛṣṇa’s temple.
Snāna (sacred bathing) in the Gomātī and at Cakra-tīrtha, followed by darśana of the Kṛṣṇa temple.