Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
अत्रागत्य नभस्येऽस्मिन्स्नातव्यं नियमेन हि । यत्र त्वं तत्र देवाश्च यज्ञास्तीर्थानि केशव
atrāgatya nabhasye'sminsnātavyaṃ niyamena hi | yatra tvaṃ tatra devāśca yajñāstīrthāni keśava
ಈ ನಭಸ್ಯ ಮಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದು ನಿಯಮಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು. ಹೇ ಕೇಶವ! ನೀವು ಎಲ್ಲಿದ್ದೀರೋ ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ದೇವರುಗಳು, ಯಜ್ಞಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ತೀರ್ಥಗಳೂ ಇರುತ್ತವೆ.
Gopīs
Tirtha: Gopī-sara (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: Kṛṣṇa instructs that in the month of Nabhāsya one must come and bathe with observance; the scene widens to suggest invisible presence of devas and yajñas wherever Kṛṣṇa stands.
FAQs
Divine presence sanctifies space and time; when Bhagavān is remembered or present, all sacredness converges there.
The Dvārakā-region lake-tīrtha (Gopī-sara/Gopracāra) recommended for disciplined bathing in Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa).
Niyamena snāna—ritually disciplined bathing—specifically during the month of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa).