Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
वसिष्ठतनये देवि सुरवंद्ये यशस्विनि । त्रैलोक्यवंदिते देवि पापं मे हर गोमति
vasiṣṭhatanaye devi suravaṃdye yaśasvini | trailokyavaṃdite devi pāpaṃ me hara gomati
ஓ தேவியே! வசிஷ்டரின் மகளே, தேவர்களால் வணங்கப்படுபவளே, புகழ்மிக்கவளே; மூவுலகமும் போற்றும் கோமதியே, என் பாவத்தை நீக்குவாயாக।
Prahlāda (prayer to Gomatī)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim with folded hands stands at the Gomatī ghāṭa in Dvārakā, addressing the river-goddess; distant temple spires and sea-breeze suggest the coastal kṣetra.
FAQs
Confession and sincere supplication at a tīrtha are presented as powerful means for pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).
Gomatī river-tīrtha, venerated as a goddess praised by devas and all three worlds.
A direct stuti/prārthanā (prayer) requesting the river to remove one’s sins.