Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
गोमत्यां श्रद्धया स्नानं पूर्णे सिंहस्थिते गुरौ । सहस्रगुणितं तत्स्याद्द्वारवत्यां दिनेदिने
gomatyāṃ śraddhayā snānaṃ pūrṇe siṃhasthite gurau | sahasraguṇitaṃ tatsyāddvāravatyāṃ dinedine
जब गुरु (बृहस्पति) पूर्ण रूप से सिंह-राशि में स्थित हो, तब गोमती में श्रद्धापूर्वक किया गया स्नान द्वारवती (द्वारका) में प्रतिदिन सहस्रगुणा पुण्यदायक होता है।
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: At dawn in Dvārakā, devotees perform repeated daily baths at the Gomatī; above, Jupiter is symbolically shown enthroned within the Leo constellation; the city’s sacred skyline glows as merit ‘multiplies’ in luminous motifs.
FAQs
Faith and sacred timing amplify the fruits of tīrtha practices, especially in Dvārakā.
The Gomati river at Dvāravatī (Dvārakā).
Śraddhā-yukta snāna (devout bathing) in the Gomati, particularly when Jupiter is in Leo.
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