Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
निष्कामस्तु पुनर्मर्त्यो यः स्नानं तत्र भक्तितः । कुरुते याति लोकं स देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः
niṣkāmastu punarmartyo yaḥ snānaṃ tatra bhaktitaḥ | kurute yāti lokaṃ sa devadevasya cakriṇaḥ
നിഷ്കാമനായ മനുഷ്യൻ ഭക്തിയോടെ അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്താൽ, ദേവദേവനായ ചക്രധാരിയായ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the māhātmya frame (traditionally sages/śaunaka-type assembly depending on recension)
Scene: A pilgrim, calm and desireless, performs a reverent bath at Gomukha Tīrtha; above, Viṣṇu as Cakrin (discus-bearing) radiates, indicating Viṣṇuloka as the fruit.
FAQs
When pilgrimage is done without desire (niṣkāma) and with devotion, it becomes a direct means to divine attainment.
Gomukha-tīrtha, where devotional bathing is said to grant Viṣṇu’s realm.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, performed bhaktitaḥ (with devotion) and niṣkāma (without selfish aims).