Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
गोप्य ऊचुः । अद्भुतो हि प्रभावस्ते सरसोऽस्य उदाहृतः । विधिं ब्रूहि जगन्नाथ विस्तराद्वृष्णिनन्दन
gopya ūcuḥ | adbhuto hi prabhāvaste saraso'sya udāhṛtaḥ | vidhiṃ brūhi jagannātha vistarādvṛṣṇinandana
គោពីទាំងឡាយទូលថា៖ ព្រះអង្គបានប្រកាសហើយថា អานุភាពនៃស្រះទឹកសក្ការៈនេះ ពិតជាអស្ចារ្យណាស់។ ឱ ព្រះម្ចាស់នៃលោក ឱ ព្រះរាជបុត្ររីករាយនៃវೃಷ್ಣិ សូមប្រាប់វិធីប្រតិបត្តិឲ្យលម្អិត។
Gopīs
Tirtha: Mayatīrtha-sarasa (implied)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, implied)
Scene: A circle of gopīs, hands folded, addressing Kṛṣṇa beside a luminous sacred lake; the water glints as if charged with unseen merit; the mood is inquisitive devotion.
FAQs
Faith seeks right practice: devotees request the correct vidhi to receive the full fruit of a sacred tirtha.
A sacred saras associated with Dvārakā within the Dvārakā-māhātmya is explicitly praised.
The Gopīs ask for the detailed vidhi—implying rules for tirtha-snāna and associated observances to be explained next.