Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
प्रसादेन च भूतानां गंगाऽशेषाघहारिणी । भूषयामास तद्देशं सा च विष्णुपदी सरित्
prasādena ca bhūtānāṃ gaṃgā'śeṣāghahāriṇī | bhūṣayāmāsa taddeśaṃ sā ca viṣṇupadī sarit
သတ္တဝါအပေါင်းတို့အပေါ် ကရုဏာတော်ကြောင့် အပြစ်အားလုံးကို ဖယ်ရှားပေးသော ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်သည် ထိုဒေသကို အလှဆင်တင့်တယ်စေ၏။ ဗိဿနုပဒီဟု ခေါ်ကြသော၊ ဗိဿနု၏ ခြေတော်မှ ပေါက်ဖွားသည့် မြစ်တော်သည် မြေပြင်ကို တင့်တယ်စေ하였다။
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (Gaṅgā) at Dvārakā (contextual)
Type: sangam
Scene: Gaṅgā, radiant as a goddess, flows into the Dvārakā region, her waters shimmering; the land becomes ornamented and auspicious, as if garlanded by the river.
FAQs
Divine grace manifests as sacred waters that remove sin and sanctify a land, inviting devotees toward purification.
Dvārakā’s sacred region is glorified through the presence of the Gaṅgā (Viṣṇupadī) within the Dvārakā Māhātmya context.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse emphasizes the purifying power of Gaṅgā, implying merit through contact such as snāna (bathing).