Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
पर्वकाले च संप्राप्ते नदीनां च समागमे । सेतुबंधे तथा सिंधौ तीर्थेष्वन्येषु संयुतः
parvakāle ca saṃprāpte nadīnāṃ ca samāgame | setubaṃdhe tathā siṃdhau tīrtheṣvanyeṣu saṃyutaḥ
பண்டிகைக் காலம் வந்தபோது, நதிகளின் சங்கமங்களில்—சேதுபந்தத்தில், கடலில், மேலும் பிற தீர்த்தக் கடத்தல்களிலும்—அது (புண்ணியப் பாவம்) அங்கே இணைந்தே காணப்படுகிறது.
Narrator (descriptive continuation; subject implied from prior context, likely the ocean’s sanctity/presence across tīrthas)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied), with pan-tirtha references
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-stream converges at a river-sangama and sea-shore; banners of festival-time flutter; distant markers indicate Setubandha and the Sindhu-oceanic expanse, suggesting a sacred geography map made living.
FAQs
Sacred power is encountered especially at auspicious times and liminal places—confluences, shores, bridges, and tīrthas—where purification and merit are intensified.
Setubandha (traditionally connected with Rāmeśvaram/Setu region) is explicitly named, alongside the ocean and other tīrthas—within the broader Prabhāsa Māhātmya framework.
Implicitly points to parva-kāla observance and tīrtha association—commonly involving snāna (ritual bathing) at river confluences and coastal tīrthas.