Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
गोमती निःसृता यस्मा त्प्रविष्टा वरुणालयम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या अश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
gomatī niḥsṛtā yasmā tpraviṣṭā varuṇālayam | tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
جہاں سے گومتی بہہ کر نکلتی ہے اور ورُن کے آشیانے میں داخل ہوتی ہے—وہاں بھکتی سے اشنان کرنے پر انسان اشومیدھ یَجْن کا پھل پاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Gomatī-praveśa at Varuṇālaya (river-mouth tīrtha)
Type: sangam
Scene: At the Gomati’s mouth, waves meet the river; Varuṇa is suggested as a regal deity of waters; a devotee performs snāna with folded hands, while priests hold kalasha and recite mantras.
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Devotional contact with sanctified waters is extolled as yielding extraordinary merit, rivaling grand sacrificial rituals.
The Gomatī’s sacred point of flowing into Varuṇa’s abode (the sea), a confluence-like tīrtha setting.
Snāna at the Gomatī’s sacred entry into the sea, done with bhakti.