Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
वासरैः सप्तभिः सिंधोस्तीरे सैन्यनिवेशनम् । पौषशुक्लप्रतिपदस्तृतीयां यावदंबुधौ । उपस्थानं ससैन्यस्य राघवस्य बभूव ह
vāsaraiḥ saptabhiḥ siṃdhostīre sainyaniveśanam | pauṣaśuklapratipadastṛtīyāṃ yāvadaṃbudhau | upasthānaṃ sasainyasya rāghavasya babhūva ha
In sieben Tagen schlug das Heer sein Lager am Meeresufer auf. Vom lichten ersten Tithi des Pauṣa bis zum dritten stand Rāghava—mit seinen Truppen—geordnet vor dem Ozean.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Sāgara-tīra (seashore)
Type: ghat
Scene: After seven days’ march, the vast vānarasena camps on the seashore; from Pauṣa śukla pratipad to tṛtīyā, Rāma stands with the army facing the ocean in readiness.
FAQs
Great undertakings are fulfilled through orderly effort over time—discipline and patience are forms of dharma.
The ocean shore (sindhu-tīra) is highlighted as a liminal sacred setting in the Rāma narrative, though not named as a specific tīrtha here.
None explicitly; the verse preserves calendrical and logistical details (Pauṣa bright fortnight, tithis).