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
വിവാഹമാകുന്നതിന് മുമ്പേ പിതൃഗൃഹത്തിൽ തന്നെ രജഃദർശനം കാണുന്ന കന്യയുടെ പിതൃപുരുഷർ പതിതരെന്ന് പറയപ്പെടുന്നു; ആ കന്യ ‘വൃഷലി’ ആകുന്നു.
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.