Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
क्षुरकर्म न शस्तं स्याद्योषितां तु वरानने । सभर्तृकाणां तत्रैव विधिं तासां शृणुष्व मे
kṣurakarma na śastaṃ syādyoṣitāṃ tu varānane | sabhartṛkāṇāṃ tatraiva vidhiṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇuṣva me
হে সুশ্রীমুখী! নারীদের জন্য ক্ষুর দিয়ে মুণ্ডন করা শাস্ত্রসম্মত নয়। এখন সেখানে স্বামীযুক্ত নারীদের যে বিধান, তা আমার কাছ থেকে শোনো।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed woman (varānane)
Scene: A teacher-figure instructs a modestly adorned married woman pilgrim at Prabhāsa about proper hair-ritual conduct, with the sea/coastal tīrtha ambience and distant shrine silhouettes.
FAQs
Dharma adapts ritual practice to person and context; devotion is upheld through appropriate, not uniform, observance.
The Prabhāsa pilgrimage context (especially the shaving-related rites near the tīrthas) is in view, though no new tīrtha is named.
Women are advised against kṣurakarma (razor shaving), and a distinct procedure is indicated for married women (to be detailed next).