Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96
पयोधिः कौशिकी तद्वत्तथा गोदावरी शुभा । देवखातं गया चैव तथा द्वारावती शुभा
payodhiḥ kauśikī tadvattathā godāvarī śubhā | devakhātaṃ gayā caiva tathā dvārāvatī śubhā
समुद्र, कौशिकी तसेच शुभ गोदावरी; आणि देवखात, गया व शुभ द्वारावतीही (पवित्र तीर्थे).
Śiva (deduced from immediate context; dialogue with Pārvatī begins shortly after)
Tirtha: Payodhi; Kauśikī; Godāvarī; Devakhāta; Gayā; Dvārāvatī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sweeping coastal pilgrimage panorama: the ocean with foaming waves, a river goddess Kauśikī, the broad Godāvarī with ghats, a forested Devakhāta tīrtha, Gayā with piṇḍa offerings, and Dvārāvatī’s golden city with Kṛṣṇa’s temple spires.
FAQs
The Purāṇa links diverse sacred waters and cities into a single dharmic map, encouraging pilgrimage-minded reverence.
The immediate verse names multiple famed tīrthas (Gayā, Dvārāvatī) while the chapter’s central glorification culminates in Prabhāsa.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it functions as a catalog of sanctified sites.