Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
वैधृतौ च व्यतीपाते छायायां कुंजरस्य च । षष्ठ्यां च कपिलाख्यायां तथा हि द्वादशीषु च
vaidhṛtau ca vyatīpāte chāyāyāṃ kuṃjarasya ca | ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca kapilākhyāyāṃ tathā hi dvādaśīṣu ca
Sa mga yoga na Vaidhṛti at Vyatīpāta, sa araw na tinatawag na “Anino ng Elepante,” sa Ṣaṣṭhī na kilala bilang Kapilā, at gayon din sa mga araw ng Dvādaśī—(ang ritwal sa banal na tagpuang ito ay lalo ngang mabisa).
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Gomatī–samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā)
Type: sangam
Scene: A calendar-priest points to a pañcāṅga while pilgrims proceed to the confluence; the sky shows symbolic celestial conjunctions, yet the waters glow as purifying; devotees carry dāna baskets and tarpaṇa vessels.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi/yoga) amplifies sacred place; at a praised tīrtha, even specific calendrical moments become especially potent for dharma.
The passage belongs to the Gomatī–Udadhisaṅgama context within Dvārakā Māhātmya (the Gomatī river’s meeting with the ocean near Dvārakā).
It highlights particular yogas and tithis as preferred occasions for tīrtha-rites (especially bathing and related observances described in the surrounding verses).