Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
पुष्यमासे ह्यमावास्यामेकादश्यामथापि वा । प्राप्ते प्रावृषि काले च ज्ञात्वा कन्यागतं रविम्
puṣyamāse hyamāvāsyāmekādaśyāmathāpi vā | prāpte prāvṛṣi kāle ca jñātvā kanyāgataṃ ravim
In the month of Puṣya—on the Amāvāsyā (new-moon day), or even on the Ekādaśī—and when the rainy season has arrived, knowing that the Sun has entered Kanyā (Virgo)…
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa watching the sky and consulting a pañcāṅga; monsoon clouds gather (prāvṛṣ); the Sun is depicted entering Virgo (Kanyā) in a zodiac wheel; a new-moon night ambience with lamps along the shore/ghats.
FAQs
Dharma includes right timing (kāla): specific tithis, months, seasons, and solar transits are sanctified for tīrtha-rites.
The surrounding passage concerns Devikā-taṭa/Bhūdhara in Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse sets the auspicious times for observance there.
It prescribes auspicious timing: Puṣya month on Amāvāsyā or Ekādaśī, during the rainy season, especially when the Sun is in Kanyā (Virgo).