Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
पितुर्गेहे तु या कन्या रजः पश्यत्यसंस्कृता । पतिताः पितरस्तस्याः कन्या सा वृषली भवेत्
piturgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā | patitāḥ pitarastasyāḥ kanyā sā vṛṣalī bhavet
La jeune fille qui, non encore mariée, voit ses menstrues dans la maison de son père, sans avoir reçu les saṃskāra, fait dire que ses ancêtres déchoient ; cette jeune fille est appelée vṛṣalī (selon cette classification du dharma).
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solemn teaching scene: a sage explains ancestral consequences; in the background, a household courtyard and a symbolic pitṛ-tarpaṇa vessel, with Prabhāsa’s sea beyond.
FAQs
Family dharma and saṃskāras are portrayed as supporting ancestral welfare; neglect is framed as harming Pitṛ satisfaction.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the contextual tīrtha; the section uses its Māhātmya to teach dharma that preserves spiritual merit.
Implicit emphasis on timely saṃskāras and maintaining ritual propriety so that Pitṛ rites (Śrāddha) remain fruitful.