Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
अपि स्यात्स कुलेऽस्माकं गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । स्नात्वा पश्यति यः कृष्णमस्माकं तारणाय वै
api syātsa kule'smākaṃ gomatyudadhisaṃgame | snātvā paśyati yaḥ kṛṣṇamasmākaṃ tāraṇāya vai
われらの家系に、ゴーマティーと大海の合流にて沐浴し、クリシュナを拝する者が生まれますように——まことにそれは、われらを救い渡すためである。
Pitṛs (ancestors), as quoted within the Dvārakā-māhātmya context
Tirtha: Gomatī-udadhi-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: Pilgrims/hearers of Dvārakā-māhātmya
Scene: At the river’s mouth, the devotee bathes where fresh water meets the sea, then turns toward Dvārakā’s Kṛṣṇa shrine; ancestral figures are shown as being lifted or soothed by the act of darśana.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā and Bhagavān’s darśana are portrayed as acts that benefit not only the devotee but also the ancestral line.
The Gomati–samudra (ocean) confluence at Dvārakā.
Bathing at the saṅgama and taking darśana of Kṛṣṇa.