Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 72
विभोर्गुप्तहरेस्तत्र संगमस्नानपूर्विका । गोप्रतारे च तीर्थेऽस्मिन्सरयूघर्घराश्रिते । स्नात्वा देवोऽर्चनीयोऽयं सर्वकामफलप्रदः
vibhorguptaharestatra saṃgamasnānapūrvikā | gopratāre ca tīrthe'sminsarayūghargharāśrite | snātvā devo'rcanīyo'yaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ
तेथे विभु गुप्तहरिसाठी संगमस्नानपूर्वक विधी आहे. सरयू व घर्घरा यांच्या तीरावर असलेल्या या गोप्रतार तीर्थात स्नान करून या देवाचे पूजन करावे; तो सर्व कामनांचे फळ देणारा आहे.
Agastya (contextual narration)
Tirtha: Gopratāra tīrtha (Sarayū–Ghargharā saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Listener: viprendra (implied)
Scene: Pilgrims at a river confluence; two streams meet; after snāna they approach a shrine of Guptahari—Viṣṇu in a slightly hidden/‘gupta’ aspect—offering flowers and tulasī.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma unites place, rite, and devotion: saṅgama-snānā purifies, and worship of Hari completes the pilgrimage with spiritual and worldly fruits.
Gopratāra tīrtha at the Sarayū–Ghargharā confluence, associated with Guptahari.
Perform saṅgama-snānā first, then worship (arcana) Guptahari at Gopratāra for sarvakāma-phala.