Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
पितृपक्षे च ये केचिन्मातृपक्षे कुलोद्भवाः । सर्वे ते मुक्तिमायांति गोमत्या दर्शनात्कलौ
pitṛpakṣe ca ye kecinmātṛpakṣe kulodbhavāḥ | sarve te muktimāyāṃti gomatyā darśanātkalau
在祭祖之期的父系月（Pitṛpakṣa），以及同样的母系月（Mātṛpakṣa）中，凡出自家族血脉的一切祖先——于迦梨时代，仅凭吉祥瞻礼（darśana）戈摩提河，皆得解脱。
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Gomatī (Dvārakā)
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor(s) and general pilgrims
Scene: Pilgrims at Gomati ghāṭa during Pitṛpakṣa: offering water with black sesame, kusa grass, and folded hands; behind them, translucent ancestral figures (pitṛs and mātṛs) rise upward, shedding darkness and moving toward light.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, even simple darśana of a powerful tīrtha like Gomati can uplift one’s lineage and lead toward mokṣa.
Gomatī-tīrtha associated with Dvārakā in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Dvārakā Māhātmya.
No detailed rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the merit of darśana of Gomati during Pitṛpakṣa/Mātṛpakṣa.