Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
गोप्यं यत्पातकं पुंसां गोमती तद्व्यपोहति । स्मरणात्कीर्त्तनाद्वापि किं पुनः प्लवने कृते
gopyaṃ yatpātakaṃ puṃsāṃ gomatī tadvyapohati | smaraṇātkīrttanādvāpi kiṃ punaḥ plavane kṛte
மக்களின் மறைந்த பாவமெதுவாயினும் கோமதி அதை அகற்றுவாள். நினைவு அல்லது கீர்த்தனத்தாலே பலன் என்றால், நீராடி முழுகினால் எவ்வளவு அதிகம்!
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)
Tirtha: Gomatī
Type: river
Scene: Pilgrims at the Gomatī ghāṭ: some singing her praise, others immersing; the water is depicted as luminous, washing away dark ‘hidden’ stains that dissolve into light.
FAQs
Sacred waters and sacred remembrance both purify; direct ritual contact intensifies the purificatory merit.
The Gomati tīrtha at/near Dvārakā, praised as a remover of even concealed sins.
Plavana (bathing/immersion) in the Gomati; also smaraṇa and kīrtana of the tīrtha.