Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
त्वं कुमार्यपि संप्राप्ता ऋतुकालं विगर्हिता । तेन दोषं त्वमापन्ना नान्यदस्तीह कारणम्
tvaṃ kumāryapi saṃprāptā ṛtukālaṃ vigarhitā | tena doṣaṃ tvamāpannā nānyadastīha kāraṇam
„Obwohl du noch eine unverheiratete Jungfrau bist, hast du die Zeit der Monatsblutung erreicht und bist ohne die gebührende Fürsorge geblieben; dadurch hast du einen Makel auf dich genommen. Einen anderen Grund gibt es hier nicht.“
Indra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dīrghakanyā
Scene: Indra explains the single fault: the maiden has reached menstruation while still unmarried and neglected, thus incurring a doṣa; the tone is explanatory yet heavy with social sorrow.
FAQs
It presents dharma as social-sacral responsibility: neglect of timely life-stage duties is treated as a disorder requiring correction, not merely personal blame.
The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the site name is not explicit in this isolated line.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it diagnoses the ‘doṣa’ and sets up the corrective action described in subsequent verses.