Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
प्रियो वा यदि वा द्वेष्यः स्त्रीणां भर्तैव दैवतम् । दुर्भगत्वेन दग्धाहं सखीमध्ये सुरेश्वर । भर्त्तर्यल्लब्धसौख्यास्मि तेन क्लिश्याम्यहं भृशम्
priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyaḥ strīṇāṃ bhartaiva daivatam | durbhagatvena dagdhāhaṃ sakhīmadhye sureśvara | bharttaryallabdhasaukhyāsmi tena kliśyāmyahaṃ bhṛśam
سواء كان محبوبًا أو مبغوضًا، فإن الزوج وحده هو الإله للنساء. إنني أحترق بنار «سوء الطالع» بين رفيقاتي، يا ربَّ الآلهة؛ ولأنني لم أنل السعادة مع زوجي فأنا أتألّم ألمًا شديدًا.
Prabhā
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) – uttara-taṭa tīrtha (as framed in Revākhaṇḍa episode)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A sorrowful woman (Prabhā) among her companions on a riverbank, hands folded, expressing her ‘daurbhāgya’ and lack of conjugal happiness before the Lord of gods.
FAQs
Human suffering—social and personal—can be transformed into a sincere turning toward the Divine for remedy and grace.
This is part of the narrative that culminates in the glorification of Prabhāsa/Prabhāseśvara.
No direct ritual; the verse expresses the devotee’s plight and the intent behind her austerities and petition.