Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
ये च रौरवसंस्था हि ये च कीटत्वमागताः । गोमतीनीरदानेन मुक्तिं यांति न संशयः
ye ca rauravasaṃsthā hi ye ca kīṭatvamāgatāḥ | gomatīnīradānena muktiṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ
जे रौरव नरकात आहेत आणि जे कीटयोनीस गेले आहेत—तेही गोमतीच्या जलदानाने मुक्ती पावतात; यात संशय नाही।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A ritual offering of river water is shown as radiating light that reaches shadowy realms—Raurava hell and lowly worm-state—lifting beings upward toward release.
FAQs
Tīrtha-water offered with dharmic intent has extraordinary purifying power, extending compassion even to the severely fallen.
The Gomatī river at Dvārakā, praised as a liberating tīrtha.
Gomatī-nīra-dāna—offering/donating the sacred water (commonly as tarpana/udaka offerings for the departed).