Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
तावन्मृतप्रजा नारी दुर्भाग्या दुःखसंयुता । भक्त्या न पश्यति यदा नारीकृष्णप्रियां तथा
tāvanmṛtaprajā nārī durbhāgyā duḥkhasaṃyutā | bhaktyā na paśyati yadā nārīkṛṣṇapriyāṃ tathā
जोवर स्त्री भक्तीने त्या प्रकारे कृष्णप्रिया रुक्मिणीचे दर्शन करत नाही, तोवर ती दुर्भाग्यवती, दुःखयुक्त व जिवंत संततीपासून वंचित राहते।
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana, Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A grieving woman, hands folded, stands before Rukmiṇī’s image; the sanctum’s lamp-light reflects on her face; behind her, symbolic lotus buds open, suggesting renewed fortune and life.
FAQs
The māhātmya presents devotion to Rukmiṇī as a source of auspiciousness and relief from domestic grief.
Dvārakā, where Rukmiṇī is revered as Kṛṣṇa’s beloved.
This verse does not specify a rite; it underscores devotional darśana of Rukmiṇī.