Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
कथं पापैर्विनिर्मुक्ता परमानन्दसंप्लुता । सुप्रभा जायते देवी तद्गौतम विचिन्त्यताम्
kathaṃ pāpairvinirmuktā paramānandasaṃplutā | suprabhā jāyate devī tadgautama vicintyatām
دیوی (ندی) کیسے گناہوں سے آزاد ہو کر اور اعلیٰ ترین آنند سے لبریز ہو کر ‘سُپربھا’ بنے؟ اے گوتَم، اس پر غور کیا جائے۔
Tīrthas/Rivers and Holy Sites (collectively) addressing Gautama
Tirtha: Gautamī / Suprabhā (epithet-state of the river)
Type: river
Listener: Gautama (ṛṣi)
Scene: A council of sages and devotees pose a reverent question to Gautama: how can the river-goddess transform into radiant Suprabhā, free of sin and overflowing with bliss; the river appears as a goddess with a dawning aura.
FAQs
Purity is not only removal of sin but restoration of divine radiance and bliss in sacred life.
The focus is the river-goddess transformation toward Suprabhā, within the Gautamī tīrtha framework.
A deliberation is requested from Gautama; the specific remedy/rite is not stated in this verse.