Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । अथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति गोमुखाख्यं सुशोभनम् । यद्गोवक्त्रात्पुरा लब्धं सर्वपातकनाशनम्
sūta uvāca | athānyadapi tatrāsti gomukhākhyaṃ suśobhanam | yadgovaktrātpurā labdhaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam
سوت نے کہا: وہاں ایک اور نہایت دلکش تیرتھ بھی ہے جسے ‘گومکھ’ کہا جاتا ہے؛ جو قدیم زمانے میں گائے کے منہ سے ظاہر ہوا تھا اور تمام پاپوں کا ناش کرنے والا ہے۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Gomukha
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A luminous spring/pond shaped like a cow’s mouth or emerging from a rock-face with a cow-head motif; pilgrims and sages witness the marvel; the landscape suggests a kṣetra with a nearby Śiva shrine.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not merely geographic; it is a dharmic power-center where divine grace manifests and removes accumulated sin.
Gomukha-tīrtha, a beautiful sacred place whose waters are said to have manifested from a cow’s mouth.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s identity and its sin-destroying potency, implying merit through contact such as drinking or bathing.