Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
पृथक्पृथक्समाहूताः स्नानार्थं तैः सरस्वती । सागरः सम्मुखस्तस्याः सहसा सम्मुपस्थितः
pṛthakpṛthaksamāhūtāḥ snānārthaṃ taiḥ sarasvatī | sāgaraḥ sammukhastasyāḥ sahasā sammupasthitaḥ
স্নানাৰ্থে তেওঁলোকে পৃথক পৃথককৈ আহ্বান কৰাত সৰস্বতী আগবাঢ়িল; তেতিয়াই হঠাতে সাগৰ তাইৰ সন্মুখতে প্ৰত্যক্ষ হৈ উঠিল।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra Sarasvatī–Sāgara-sammukha (coastal meeting)
Type: sangam
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly of sages (typical frame)
Scene: On the shore of Prabhāsa, sages stand apart invoking Sarasvatī for snāna; suddenly the vast Ocean rises/appears face-to-face with the river-goddess, suggesting a living confluence.
FAQs
Holy bathing is not merely physical; it is a meeting of sacred presences—river and ocean—invoked by the merit and intention of sages.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, especially the sacred meeting-zone where Sarasvatī is invoked for snāna and the Ocean stands before her.
Snāna (ritual bathing) is explicitly indicated as the purpose for which Sarasvatī is summoned.