Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
वासरैः सप्तभिः सिंधोस्तीरे सैन्यनिवेशनम् । पौषशुक्लप्रतिपदस्तृतीयां यावदंबुधौ । उपस्थानं ससैन्यस्य राघवस्य बभूव ह
vāsaraiḥ saptabhiḥ siṃdhostīre sainyaniveśanam | pauṣaśuklapratipadastṛtīyāṃ yāvadaṃbudhau | upasthānaṃ sasainyasya rāghavasya babhūva ha
ภายในเจ็ดวัน กองทัพได้ตั้งค่าย ณ ฝั่งสมุทร ตั้งแต่ปฤติปทาแห่งปौษะข้างขึ้นจนถึงตฤติยา ราฆวะพร้อมไพร่พลยืนเรียงรายเผชิญหน้ามหาสมุทร
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Sāgara-tīra (seashore)
Type: ghat
Scene: After seven days’ march, the vast vānarasena camps on the seashore; from Pauṣa śukla pratipad to tṛtīyā, Rāma stands with the army facing the ocean in readiness.
FAQs
Great undertakings are fulfilled through orderly effort over time—discipline and patience are forms of dharma.
The ocean shore (sindhu-tīra) is highlighted as a liminal sacred setting in the Rāma narrative, though not named as a specific tīrtha here.
None explicitly; the verse preserves calendrical and logistical details (Pauṣa bright fortnight, tithis).