Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
यस्मिन्दिने समानीता सा गंगा तत्र विष्णुना । तस्मिन्दिने वृषे सूर्यः स्थितश्चित्रासु चंद्रमाः
yasmindine samānītā sā gaṃgā tatra viṣṇunā | tasmindine vṛṣe sūryaḥ sthitaścitrāsu caṃdramāḥ
ज्या दिवशी विष्णूंनी ती गंगा तेथे आणली, त्याच दिवशी सूर्य वृष (वृषभ) राशीत आणि चंद्र चित्रा नक्षत्रात स्थित होता।
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomukha Tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Māhātmya audience
Scene: Viṣṇu is depicted bringing Gaṅgā to the tīrtha while the sky shows symbolic zodiac/nakṣatra markers: Sun in Taurus and Moon in Citrā, emphasizing cosmic endorsement.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas are tied to sacred time as well as sacred place—cosmic order (ṛta) sanctifies pilgrimage.
Gomukha-tīrtha, associated here with Gaṅgā being brought by Viṣṇu.
No direct injunction, but the verse provides auspicious calendrical markers used for tīrtha observances.