Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
यदैव दृश्यते तत्र नदी चित्रपथा प्रिये । प्रमाणं दर्शनं तस्या न कालस्तत्र कारणम्
yadaiva dṛśyate tatra nadī citrapathā priye | pramāṇaṃ darśanaṃ tasyā na kālastatra kāraṇam
اے محبوبہ، جب بھی وہاں ندی چترپتھا کے درشن ہوں، وہی درشن حجتِ قطعی ہے؛ وہاں وقت سبب یا شرط نہیں بنتا۔
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Citrāpathā-nadī
Type: ghat
Listener: priye (beloved interlocutor)
Scene: The river Citrāpathā appears as a radiant ribbon; a devotee beholds it, and the composition emphasizes ‘seeing’—eyes uplifted, hands folded—while a caption-like gesture indicates ‘kāla is not the cause’.
FAQs
Divine grace is not bound by calendrical calculations; direct encounter (darśana) with a sacred manifestation is itself transformative.
The Citrāpathā river-tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Seek the river when it appears; its darśana itself is affirmed as the validating condition, rather than auspicious timing.