Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
गच्छ स्वमालयं भद्रे स्मर्त्तव्याऽहं त्वयाऽनघे । यमुनापि तथा चैवं गायत्री सुमनोरमा
gaccha svamālayaṃ bhadre smarttavyā'haṃ tvayā'naghe | yamunāpi tathā caivaṃ gāyatrī sumanoramā
اے بھدرے! اپنے ٹھکانے کو جاؤ؛ اے بے عیب! تم مجھے یاد رکھنا۔ اسی طرح یمنا کو بھی، اور اسی طرح نہایت دلکش گایتری کو بھی یاد کرنا۔
Sarasvatī (instructing remembrance of sacred river-deities and Gāyatrī)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Yamunā–Gāyatrī smaraṇa (portable tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gaṅgā instructs the lady to return home and remember: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and the radiant Gāyatrī. The imagery can show three presences—two river goddesses and a luminous mantra-deity—forming a protective triad.
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Smaraṇa (devout remembrance) sustains spiritual connection to tīrthas and deities even when one returns home.
The instruction occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, while also honoring the broader sacred geography of Yamunā and the Gāyatrī tradition.
A devotional practice is implied: remembrance of Sarasvatī and associated sacred powers (including Gāyatrī).