Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 169
यस्या विनिःसृता ये वै सुरासुरतनूद्भवाः । आदित्यतनयश्चैव सुग्रीवः सूर्यमण्डलम्
yasyā viniḥsṛtā ye vai surāsuratanūdbhavāḥ | ādityatanayaścaiva sugrīvaḥ sūryamaṇḍalam
त्या (सरयू/गोप्रतार) मधून देव-असुर देहातून उत्पन्न झालेले ते जीव प्रकट झाले; तसेच आदित्यपुत्र सुग्रीवही सूर्यमंडळासह प्रकट झाला।
Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)
Tirtha: Gopratāra (implied) / Sarayū
Type: ghat
Scene: Sarayū’s waters shimmering as a womb of myth: figures associated with gods and asuras emerging symbolically; Sugrīva depicted with solar radiance, linked to the Sūryamaṇḍala motif.
FAQs
It frames the Sarayū/Gopratāra as a divinely potent source connected with extraordinary beings, reinforcing tīrtha-mahima (the sanctifying greatness of place).
The Sarayū at Ayodhyā, in the context of the Gopratāra Tīrtha narrative of Adhyāya 6.
No direct ritual is stated in this verse; it functions as praise by sacred association.