Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15
हरंति सर्वतीर्थानि प्रयागस्य बलेन हि । तानि सर्वाणि तीर्थानि माघे मकरगे रवौ
haraṃti sarvatīrthāni prayāgasya balena hi | tāni sarvāṇi tīrthāni māghe makarage ravau
En verdad, por la fuerza de Prayāga, todos los tīrthas atraen hacia él su potencia purificadora. En el mes de Māgha, cuando el Sol entra en Makara, todos esos tīrthas, por así decirlo, confluyen allí.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Prayāga (Triveṇī-saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Scene: At the Triveṇī-saṅgama in Māgha: countless pilgrims bathe as luminous streams of ‘tīrtha-śakti’ symbolically flow in from all directions; the Sun in Makara shines above, and the confluence glows like a mandala.
FAQs
Prayāga is proclaimed as uniquely powerful: at an auspicious time it embodies the merit of all tīrthas, encouraging pilgrimage and sacred bathing with faith.
Prayāga (the great confluence-tīrtha), presented as the gathering-place of all tīrthas during Māgha.
The verse points to Māgha observance—especially the period when the Sun is in Makara—implying the high merit of snāna (sacred bathing) at Prayāga then.