Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
सुवर्णरेवा यत्रस्था नदी पातकनाशनी । यत्र साक्षात्स्थितः कृष्णो दामोदर इति स्मृतः
suvarṇarevā yatrasthā nadī pātakanāśanī | yatra sākṣātsthitaḥ kṛṣṇo dāmodara iti smṛtaḥ
وہاں سُوورن رَیوا نامی ندی بہتی ہے جو گناہوں کا ناس کرنے والی ہے؛ اور وہیں ساکشات شری کرشن خود مقیم ہیں، جنہیں ‘دامودر’ کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Suvarṇarevā
Type: river
Scene: A golden-tinged river (Suvarṇarevā) flows at the foot of Raivataka; pilgrims bathe and offer water; above or beside the riverbank, Kṛṣṇa as Dāmodara appears as a tangible presence, blessing the scene.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas purify through both sacred waters and divine presence—sin is removed by contact with sanctified geography.
The Suvarṇarevā river and the Dāmodara presence within the Vastrāpatha/Raivataka sacred region.
Implicitly, bathing/approaching the river is suggested by its sin-destroying nature, though no explicit injunction is stated.