Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 127
अष्टवर्षा भवेद्गौरी नववर्षा च रोहिणी । दशवर्षा भवेत्कन्या अत ऊर्ध्वं रजस्वला
aṣṭavarṣā bhavedgaurī navavarṣā ca rohiṇī | daśavarṣā bhavetkanyā ata ūrdhvaṃ rajasvalā
Mit acht Jahren heißt sie „Gaurī“; mit neun „Rohiṇī“; mit zehn „Kanyā“. Jenseits dieses Alters gilt sie als „rajasvalā“, das heißt, sie hat die Menstruation erreicht.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A symbolic triptych: three young girls at ages eight, nine, ten, each labeled Gaurī, Rohiṇī, Kanyā; a calendar/lotus motif indicating time; elders observing with concern.
FAQs
Householder dharma emphasizes timely responsibility and protection of dependents, expressed here through traditional age-based designations.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it is a dharma statement embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
No direct ritual is prescribed; it provides traditional classifications relevant to social and marital duties.