Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
स्त्रीधर्मिणी त्रिरात्रं तु स्वमुखं नैव दर्श येत् । स्ववाक्यं श्रावयेन्नापि यावत्स्नाता न शुद्धितः
strīdharmiṇī trirātraṃ tu svamukhaṃ naiva darśa yet | svavākyaṃ śrāvayennāpi yāvatsnātā na śuddhitaḥ
When she is in her monthly state, for three nights she should not show her face, nor even let her words be heard—until she has bathed and is purified.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A secluded inner room: the woman sits apart with modest veil, a water pot and bath items prepared; outside, household worship continues at a distance, indicating temporary withdrawal until purification.
FAQs
Observance of śauca (ritual purity) and restraint, aligning bodily cycles with prescribed purification practices.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred landscape; purity disciplines are presented as part of Kāśī-oriented dharma living.
A three-night observance during menstruation, followed by snāna (ritual bath) for purification.