Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
मेध्यत्वे तव मातुश्च शुद्धिर्ज्ञाता मया पुरा । यया सा मम हर्म्यार्हा भविष्यति न संशयः
medhyatve tava mātuśca śuddhirjñātā mayā purā | yayā sā mama harmyārhā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
तुझ्या मातेस मेध्यत्व प्राप्त होण्यासाठी जी शुद्धी आहे, ती मी पूर्वीच जाणली आहे। त्या शुद्धीने ती पुन्हा पवित्र होऊन माझ्या गृहास योग्य होईल—यात संशय नाही।
Gautama
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage-like figure speaks with calm certainty about a future purification that will make a woman fit for sanctity and worthy of household honor; the mood is intimate, ethical, and prophetic.
FAQs
It affirms that dharma provides a path to restoration—purification can re-establish sacred fitness and social-spiritual order.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it prepares for a forthcoming method of śuddhi within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.
A purification method is promised but not specified in this verse.
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