Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कन्यायज्ञ उपस्थिते । दमयंती प्रद्रष्टव्या पूजनीया प्रयत्नतः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kanyāyajña upasthite | damayaṃtī pradraṣṭavyā pūjanīyā prayatnataḥ
Ainsi, lorsque le rite de la jeune fille (kanyāyajña) est imminent, il faut aller voir Damayantī pour recevoir son darśana et la vénérer avec tout effort et toute vigilance.
Ascetic women (tāpasyāḥ), contextual
Tirtha: Damayantī-darśana (as tīrtha focus in this passage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A directive moment: elders instruct that when the kanyāyajña approaches, the family must go to Damayantī’s shrine for darśana and careful worship; the shrine stands as a gateway before the rite.
FAQs
Major life-rites should be anchored in reverence to sanctified exemplars and local divinities, performed with diligence and faith.
The Damayantī-centered sacred setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrthamāhātmya is implied; the precise place-name is not given in this verse.
At the time of kanyāyajña, one should take darśana of Damayantī and perform her pūjā with full effort.