Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
वंचितास्ते न सन्देहो दृष्ट्वा सोमेश्वरं प्रभुम् । दृष्टं कृष्णमुखं नैव न स्नाता गोमतीजले
vaṃcitāste na sandeho dṛṣṭvā someśvaraṃ prabhum | dṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇamukhaṃ naiva na snātā gomatījale
సందేహమే లేదు—సోమేశ్వర ప్రభువును దర్శించినప్పటికీ శ్రీకృష్ణ ముఖదర్శనం చేయని వారు, గోమతీ జలంలో స్నానం చేయని వారు నిజంగా వంచితులే.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā) with Someshvara–Prabhāsa linkage
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim stands between two sacred poles: Someshvara’s liṅga-shrine behind, and ahead the sea-washed city of Dvārakā; the Gomatī waters shimmer, inviting snāna, while Kṛṣṇa’s icon beckons as the ‘missing’ darśana.
FAQs
Partial pilgrimage is portrayed as incomplete; the fullest fruit comes from completing the sacred circuit—Śiva at Somanātha and Kṛṣṇa with Gomatī snāna at Dvārakā.
Someśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa and the Gomatī tīrtha at Dvārakā.
Kṛṣṇa-darśana (seeing Kṛṣṇa’s face) and Gomatī-jala snāna (bathing in the Gomatī).