Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 176
अतस्तद्गोप्रताराख्यं तीर्थं विख्यातिमागतम् । गोप्रतारे परो मोक्षो नान्यतीर्थेषु विद्यते
atastadgopratārākhyaṃ tīrthaṃ vikhyātimāgatam | gopratāre paro mokṣo nānyatīrtheṣu vidyate
اسی لیے ‘گوپرتار’ نامی وہ تیرتھ مشہور ہوا۔ گوپرتار پر پرم موکش حاصل ہوتا ہے؛ دوسرے تیرتھوں میں ایسا براہِ راست موکش نہیں ملتا۔
Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)
Tirtha: Gopratāra
Type: ghat
Scene: A luminous river-ford at Ayodhyā identified as Gopratāra; pilgrims approach the ghāṭ with folded hands while a subtle presence of Hari sanctifies the waters; the atmosphere suggests ‘supreme liberation’ radiating from the crossing-place.
FAQs
It asserts a hierarchy of sacred places, proclaiming Gopratāra as exceptionally potent for mokṣa within the Purāṇic sacred-geography worldview.
Gopratāra Tīrtha on the Sarayū in Ayodhyā.
No explicit prescription is stated in this verse; it is a declarative praise of the tīrtha’s fruit (mokṣa).