Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
प्रभासक्षेत्रसंपर्कात्समुद्रस्य च संगमात् । सागरोऽपि समासाद्य सरस्वत्यास्तु वाडवम् । निर्धनो वै धनं प्राप्याचिन्तयत्क्व क्षिपाम्यहम्
prabhāsakṣetrasaṃparkātsamudrasya ca saṃgamāt | sāgaro'pi samāsādya sarasvatyāstu vāḍavam | nirdhano vai dhanaṃ prāpyācintayatkva kṣipāmyaham
प्रभासक्षेत्राच्या संस्पर्शाने व समुद्र-संगमाच्या पुण्यप्रभावाने सागरालाही सरस्वतीची वाडवाग्नी प्राप्त झाली. मग धन मिळालेल्या निर्धनाप्रमाणे तो विचार करू लागला—“हे मी कुठे ठेवू?”
Sūta (deduced: Māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Sarasvatī–Samudra Saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Scene: At Prabhāsa’s shore where Sarasvatī meets the Ocean, the Sea is personified, receiving the Vāḍava fire like a precious but dangerous treasure; he looks inwardly perplexed, like a pauper suddenly wealthy, wondering where to keep it.
FAQs
Sacred place-contact and confluence magnify potency; divine gifts must be held responsibly, like wealth that demands wise stewardship.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra and the Sarasvatī–Ocean confluence (saṅgama).
No explicit rite; the verse uses a moral simile to highlight the confluence’s transformative power.