Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
अन्त्यजाता तथा कन्या क्षतयोनिः प्रजायते । तथा गोपकुमारी च काचित्तादृक्प्रजायते
antyajātā tathā kanyā kṣatayoniḥ prajāyate | tathā gopakumārī ca kācittādṛkprajāyate
ಅಂತ್ಯಜ ವಂಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಕನ್ಯೆಯೂ ಕ್ಷತಯೋನಿಯಾಗಿ ಜನ್ಮಿಸಬಹುದು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಗೋಪಕುಮಾರಿಯರಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಕೆಲವರು ಅಂಥ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತಾರೆ।
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Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic moment: an elder explains to an assembly, gesturing toward a distressed young woman; the scene conveys sorrow and social judgment, with a pastoral hint of gopa life in the background.
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It continues a polemical moral narrative that links social and bodily conditions with perceived ethical decline, urging avoidance of adharma.
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