Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
विनाप्यक्षतदर्भैर्वा विना भावनया तथा । वारिमात्रेण गोमत्यां गयाश्राद्धफलं लभेत्
vināpyakṣatadarbhairvā vinā bhāvanayā tathā | vārimātreṇa gomatyāṃ gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ labhet
ಅಕ್ಷತ ಹಾಗೂ ದರ್ಭವಿಲ್ಲದೆ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ವಿಶೇಷ ಭಾವನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ—ಗೋಮತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇವಲ ನೀರಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದ ಗಯಾಶ್ರಾದ್ಧದ ಫಲ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim with empty hands except for cupped water performs a simple offering at the river; in the background, a symbolic silhouette of Gayā’s sacred landscape appears as an equivalence motif.
FAQs
The sanctity of a great tīrtha can make simple offerings effective; purity of place and intention can outweigh ritual complexity.
Gomatī at Dvārakā, declared to confer Gayā-śrāddha-like merit.
A minimal śrāddha-style offering: even mere water (udaka) at Gomatī is said to yield great fruit.