Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
सखीभिः सहिता तत्र क्रीडताऽसौ यथेच्छया । आनुलोम्यविलोम्येन दक्षिणेनोत्तरेण च
sakhībhiḥ sahitā tatra krīḍatā'sau yathecchayā | ānulomyavilomyena dakṣiṇenottareṇa ca
Entourée de ses compagnes, elle s’ébatit là selon son désir—tantôt suivant le courant, tantôt le remontant, allant vers le sud et aussi vers le nord.
Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Type: river
Scene: A graceful Goddess as a young maiden, surrounded by sakhīs, playing along a river/estuary; she moves sometimes with the current, sometimes against it, drifting south then north, suggesting swirling waters and tidal play.
FAQs
Sacred waters are portrayed as living, divine presences, reinforcing reverence for tīrthas as manifest divine play (līlā).
The tīrtha-region within Prabhāsakṣetra where the river/ देवी is described as moving and sporting.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it continues the māhātmya narrative describing the sacred landscape.