Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
यदा चंद्रश्च सूर्यश्च तथा तिष्यबृहस्पती । एकराशौ समेष्यंति प्रपत्स्यति तदा कृतम्
yadā caṃdraśca sūryaśca tathā tiṣyabṛhaspatī | ekarāśau sameṣyaṃti prapatsyati tadā kṛtam
ചന്ദ്രനും സൂര്യനും, തിഷ്യ നക്ഷത്രത്തോടുകൂടിയ ബൃഹസ്പതിയും ഒരേ രാശിയിൽ ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടുമ്പോൾ, അപ്പോൾ കൃതയുഗം ആരംഭിക്കും।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A night-sky tableau over the Prabhāsa coast: Moon and Sun symbolically aligned with Tiṣya and Bṛhaspati, zodiac wheel behind them; below, pilgrims at a sacred shore/temple precinct contemplating the turning of yugas.
FAQs
Cosmic order is reflected in time-cycles; dharma’s renewal is portrayed as aligned with celestial harmony.
No specific tīrtha is named here; the astrological marker is embedded in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative setting.
None explicitly; it provides a calendrical/cosmic indicator rather than a rite.