Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
अशक्तास्ताः समानेतुं पृष्टाश्च सुरसत्तमैः । ततः सरस्वतीं प्राह देवदेवो जनार्द्दनः । त्वमेव वज कल्याणि प्रतीच्यां लवणोदधौ
aśaktāstāḥ samānetuṃ pṛṣṭāśca surasattamaiḥ | tataḥ sarasvatīṃ prāha devadevo janārddanaḥ | tvameva vaja kalyāṇi pratīcyāṃ lavaṇodadhau
وہ ندیاں، دیوتاؤں میں سب سے برتر ہستیوں کے پوچھنے پر بھی، اسے لانے سے عاجز رہیں۔ تب دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا جناردن نے سرسوتی سے فرمایا: “اے کلیانی! تم ہی مغرب کی سمت نمکین سمندر تک جاؤ۔”
Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī–Lavaṇodadhi-saṅgama at Prabhāsa (conceptualized within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: sangam
Listener: Sarasvatī
Scene: Janārdana, ‘Deva-deva’, turns from the assembled rivers and addresses Sarasvatī directly, pointing west; Sarasvatī stands luminous, veena or manuscript implied, with a river-current halo, poised to journey toward the salt ocean.
FAQs
When many cannot bear a burden, the divinely appointed agent is chosen—competence and destiny align in dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the underlying sacred frame; the westward movement to the ocean resonates with Prabhāsa’s coastal sacred landscape.
No direct rite is mentioned; it is an instruction establishing sacred movement toward the ocean.