Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
कदा नु गोमतीस्नानमस्माकं तु भविष्यति । चक्रतीर्थे कदा स्नात्वा कृष्णदेवस्य मंदिरम् । द्रक्ष्यामः सुमहापुण्यं मुक्तिद्वारमपावृतम्
kadā nu gomatīsnānamasmākaṃ tu bhaviṣyati | cakratīrthe kadā snātvā kṛṣṇadevasya maṃdiram | drakṣyāmaḥ sumahāpuṇyaṃ muktidvāramapāvṛtam
واقعی، ہمیں گوماتی میں مقدس اشنان کب نصیب ہوگا؟ اور کب چکر تیرتھ میں غسل کرکے ہم بھگوان کرشن کے مندر کا دیدار کریں گے—نہایت عظیم پُنّیہ والا، گویا موکش کا کھلا دروازہ؟
Pilgrims/Ṛṣis (collective voice within Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative context)
Tirtha: Gomātī and Cakra-tīrtha (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims/sages envision bathing in the Gomātī, then walking to Cakra-tīrtha and finally standing before Kṛṣṇa’s temple whose doors shine like an open gateway to liberation.
FAQs
A longing for pilgrimage is itself devotional merit, culminating in purifying snāna and Kṛṣṇa-darśana as a direct path toward mokṣa.
Gomātī river bathing and Cakra-tīrtha in Dvārakā, culminating in darśana of Kṛṣṇa’s temple.
Snāna (sacred bathing) in the Gomātī and at Cakra-tīrtha, followed by darśana of the Kṛṣṇa temple.