Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 165
ताडिताः पादयुग्मेन गोमतीनीरवीचयः । अगतीनां प्रकुर्वति गतिं वै ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
tāḍitāḥ pādayugmena gomatīnīravīcayaḥ | agatīnāṃ prakurvati gatiṃ vai brahmavādinām
Những làn sóng lăn tăn của sông Gomati, khi bị đôi chân chạm vào, quả thật ban cho lối vượt thoát ngay cả kẻ không nơi nương tựa—cho những người tìm cầu, những bậc luận thuyết về Phạm (Brahman).
Pitṛs (ancestral beings)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Scene: Close-up devotional realism: bare feet step into Gomatī’s rippling waves; the water glows as if alive. In the background, a simple, destitute pilgrim and a learned brahmavādin both receive the same saving grace, symbolized by a luminous path opening over the water.
FAQs
Contact with the sacred waters of Gomati is celebrated as spiritually rescuing, granting ‘gati’ (right course/deliverance) even to the distressed or spiritually stranded.
The Gomati tīrtha connected with Dvārakā—its waves themselves are described as salvific.
Entering/stepping into Gomati’s waters (snāna or wading) is implied as the meritorious act.