Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
अमा सोमेन संयुक्ता यदि तत्रैव लभ्यते । तत्र किं क्रियते देवि पर्वकोटिशतैरपि
amā somena saṃyuktā yadi tatraiva labhyate | tatra kiṃ kriyate devi parvakoṭiśatairapi
O Goddess, if the new-moon day joined with Soma is obtained right there at that tīrtha, then what could be accomplished elsewhere even by hundreds of millions of festival-days?
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Sārasvata-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī
Scene: Night-to-dawn transition on Amāvāsyā: a dark sky with a subtle Soma emblem; pilgrims with lamps gather at the river; a goddess addressed as ‘Devi’ listens as a sage extols the unmatched parvan.
FAQs
A uniquely sacred place-time conjunction can outweigh vast quantities of ordinary holy observances.
The Sārasvata holy region at Prabhāsa where Soma-related parvan observances are said to be supremely fruitful.
The verse implies observing Amāvāsyā in conjunction with Soma at the tīrtha, but it does not spell out a specific ritual act.