Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 93
श्रीभगवानुवाच । भक्तिरस्त्वचला मे वै वैष्णवी मुक्तिदायिनी । अत्रैवास्त्वचला मे वै जाह्नवी मुक्तिदायिनी
śrībhagavānuvāca | bhaktirastvacalā me vai vaiṣṇavī muktidāyinī | atraivāstvacalā me vai jāhnavī muktidāyinī
خداوندِ مبارک نے فرمایا: میری طرف تمہاری بھکتی اٹل رہے—وَیشنوَی بھکتی جو مکتی بخشتی ہے۔ اور یہیں جاہنوی (گنگا) بھی اٹل رہے—مکتی دینے والی۔
Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Jāhnavī-tīrtha at Ayodhyā (as declared)
Type: ghat
Listener: Viṣṇuśarmā
Scene: The Lord grants the boon of unwavering Vaiṣṇavī devotion and simultaneously ordains the steadfast, liberation-giving presence of Jāhnavī at that very place.
FAQs
Unwavering devotion to Viṣṇu is liberation-giving; association with sacred waters like Gaṅgā is also praised as muktidāyinī.
Ayodhyā remains the setting, and the mention of Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) broadens the Māhātmya to sacred river-geography linked with mokṣa.
No explicit rite is detailed; the verse affirms two liberating supports—steady bhakti and the sanctifying presence/merit of Jāhnavī (often approached through snāna and reverence in broader Purāṇic practice).