Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
अयनस्योत्तरस्यादौ मकरं याति भास्करः । ततः कुम्भं च मीनं च राशे राश्यंतरं तथा
ayanasyottarasyādau makaraṃ yāti bhāskaraḥ | tataḥ kumbhaṃ ca mīnaṃ ca rāśe rāśyaṃtaraṃ tathā
在北行（uttarāyaṇa）之初，婆斯迦罗（Bhāskara）进入摩羯宫（Makara）。随后依次行至宝瓶宫（Kumbha）与双鱼宫（Mīna），按次第由一宫转入一宫。
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Tirtha: Makara-saṅkrānti kāla (time-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūrya’s chariot entering the Makara sector of a zodiac wheel, then moving sequentially to Kumbha and Mīna; the rāśi symbols appear as celestial emblems around a mandala.
FAQs
Time is sacred and orderly; the Sun’s regulated passage through signs mirrors dharma’s structure in the cosmos.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on calendrical cosmology (ayana and rāśi).
None directly; such passages commonly underpin observances tied to uttarāyaṇa and solar transitions.