Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82
गौरी कन्या प्रधाना वै मध्यमा कन्यका मता । रोहिणी तत्समा ज्ञेया अधमा च रजस्वला
gaurī kanyā pradhānā vai madhyamā kanyakā matā | rohiṇī tatsamā jñeyā adhamā ca rajasvalā
Das Mädchen «Gaurī» gilt als das vornehmste; die «Kanyakā» wird als mittlere angesehen; die «Rohiṇī» sei als ihr gleichstehend zu erkennen; und die «Rajasvalā» (die Menstruierende) gilt als die niedrigste in dieser Einteilung.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A schematic, almost iconographic depiction: four labeled maiden archetypes presented as a teaching chart in a sage’s discourse, with Prabhāsa’s sacred horizon behind.
FAQs
The tradition frames life-stages and bodily states within dharma categories to guide saṃskāras and ritual propriety.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the wider Māhātmya context, where such dharma guidance is embedded within tīrtha discourse.
No direct rite is commanded; the verse provides a classification used to determine appropriateness for saṃskāras/ritual contexts.