Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
अवशिष्टास्तु षड्विंशन्मलिना विगतश्रियः । पाणिग्रहणमारभ्य रोहिण्या सह चंद्रमाः
avaśiṣṭāstu ṣaḍviṃśanmalinā vigataśriyaḥ | pāṇigrahaṇamārabhya rohiṇyā saha caṃdramāḥ
परन्तु शेष छब्बीस मलिन और श्रीहीन हो गईं; विवाह (पाणिग्रहण) के समय से ही चन्द्रमा केवल रोहिणी के साथ रहा।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial tableau: twenty-six Nakṣatra-brides appear dim and tarnished, their ornaments dulled; Soma shines beside Rohiṇī alone, highlighting imbalance; the sky-wheel of stars forms a mandala around them.
FAQs
In relationships and duties, sustained inequity diminishes harmony and ‘splendor’—a puranic warning against adharma in household conduct.
Prabhāsa is the overarching tīrtha-context; the māhātmya uses this cosmic-family episode to amplify the sacred setting.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights the ethical dimension of marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa) and ensuing imbalance.