Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
ये नित्यं प्रातरुत्थाय वैष्णवानां तु कीर्तनम् । गोमतीस्मरणं कुर्युः कृष्णतुल्या न संशयः
ye nityaṃ prātarutthāya vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu kīrtanam | gomatīsmaraṇaṃ kuryuḥ kṛṣṇatulyā na saṃśayaḥ
جو لوگ ہر روز صبح اٹھ کر ویشنوؤں کی کیرتن کرتے اور ندی گومتی کا سمرن کرتے ہیں، وہ کرشن کے برابر ہو جاتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not stated in the verse)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Listener: (Implied) the audience receiving tīrtha instructions
Scene: At dawn, devotees gather near the Gomati ghāṭa, singing Vaiṣṇava praises; the river glows with early light, temple spires in the distance; the act of remembrance is shown as a luminous aura connecting the chanters to Kṛṣṇa.
FAQs
Daily devotion expressed through kīrtana and tīrtha-smaraṇa is exalted as transformative, aligning the devotee with Kṛṣṇa.
The Gomati river associated with Dvārakā is explicitly glorified through remembrance (smaraṇa).
Morning practice of Vaiṣṇava-kīrtana and smaraṇa (remembrance) of Gomati.