Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
पुण्यं सारस्वतं तीर्थं पुण्यकृल्लभते नरः । दुर्लभं त्रिषु लोकेषु वैशाख्या सोमपर्वणि
puṇyaṃ sārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyakṛllabhate naraḥ | durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vaiśākhyā somaparvaṇi
تيرثا ساراسفَتا موضعٌ مقدّسٌ مُثمِرٌ للبركة؛ لا يناله إلا من اكتسبَ الفضيلة. وفي العوالم الثلاثة نادرٌ أن تُنال تمامُ يمنِه، ولا سيّما إذا وافق يومُ عيد سوما شهرَ فايشاخا.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Sārasvata-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims arriving at a famed ghāṭa marked ‘Sārasvata’; a lunar emblem (Soma) and Vaiśākha spring motifs (mango blossoms) indicate rare auspicious timing; priests announce parvan observance.
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Merit (puṇya) ripens into access to rare and powerful tīrthas; sacred time (Vaiśākha, Soma-parvan) further intensifies that merit.
The Sārasvata Tīrtha connected with the Sarasvatī at Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No explicit rite is commanded; the verse highlights the auspicious conjunction of pilgrimage with Vaiśākha and a Soma-parvan day.