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
កញ្ញា “គោរី” ត្រូវបានចាត់ថាល្អឥតខ្ចោះជាងគេ; “កន្យកា” ត្រូវបានគេរាប់ថាមធ្យម; “រោហិណី” គួរដឹងថាស្មើនឹងនោះ; ហើយ “រាជស្វលា” (នារីមានរដូវ) ត្រូវបានចាត់ថាទាបបំផុត ក្នុងចំណាត់ថ្នាក់នេះ។
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.