Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
क्रीडंति नार्यस्तेषां हि नित्यं दामोदराग्रतः । सुचन्द्रवदना गौर्यः श्यामाश्चैव सुमध्यमाः
krīḍaṃti nāryasteṣāṃ hi nityaṃ dāmodarāgrataḥ | sucandravadanā gauryaḥ śyāmāścaiva sumadhyamāḥ
അവരുടെ സ്ത്രീകൾ നിത്യവും ദാമോദരന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ ക്രീഡിക്കുന്നു—ചന്ദ്രസമാന മുഖമുള്ളവരും, ഗൗരവർണ്ണികളുമായവരും, ശ്യാമവർണ്ണികളുമായവരും; എല്ലാവരും സുമധ്യമാർ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dāmodara-dhāma (as described within Vastrāpatha māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before Dāmodara, divine women dance and play—some fair, some dark, all slender-waisted, with moonlike faces—forming a harmonious circle of movement; Dāmodara stands serene, receiving their joyful service.
FAQs
The holy place is depicted as joyous and devotional—life there naturally turns toward the deity (Dāmodara) in celebration and reverence.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, specifically the presence ‘before Dāmodara’ (a Vaiṣṇava sacred focus).
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse provides descriptive māhātmya imagery centered on Dāmodara.