Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
गच्छ स्वमालयं भद्रे स्मर्त्तव्याऽहं त्वयाऽनघे । यमुनापि तथा चैवं गायत्री सुमनोरमा
gaccha svamālayaṃ bhadre smarttavyā'haṃ tvayā'naghe | yamunāpi tathā caivaṃ gāyatrī sumanoramā
हे भद्रे, आपल्या निवासस्थानी जा; हे अनघे, तू माझे स्मरण कर. तसेच यमुनाचेही, आणि तशीच सुमनोरमा गायत्रीचेही स्मरण कर.
Sarasvatī (instructing remembrance of sacred river-deities and Gāyatrī)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Yamunā–Gāyatrī smaraṇa (portable tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gaṅgā instructs the lady to return home and remember: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and the radiant Gāyatrī. The imagery can show three presences—two river goddesses and a luminous mantra-deity—forming a protective triad.
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Smaraṇa (devout remembrance) sustains spiritual connection to tīrthas and deities even when one returns home.
The instruction occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, while also honoring the broader sacred geography of Yamunā and the Gāyatrī tradition.
A devotional practice is implied: remembrance of Sarasvatī and associated sacred powers (including Gāyatrī).