Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34
पितृगेहे तु या कन्या रजः पश्येदसंस्कृता । भ्रूणहा तत्पिता ज्ञेयो वृषली सापि कन्यका
pitṛgehe tu yā kanyā rajaḥ paśyedasaṃskṛtā | bhrūṇahā tatpitā jñeyo vṛṣalī sāpi kanyakā
Jika seorang gadis yang masih di rumah ayahnya, belum disucikan oleh saṁskāra yang wajar (yakni belum berkahwin), mengalami haid, maka ayahnya dianggap sebagai pembunuh janin; dan gadis itu juga dinilai sebagai vṛṣalī, jatuh daripada kedudukan yang patut.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A worried father in a traditional household setting, elders counseling, the daughter in a private chamber symbolically indicated (curtain/threshold), with a moralizing narrator presence; the atmosphere is admonitory rather than celebratory.
FAQs
The verse stresses the traditional duty of guardians to ensure timely life-cycle rites; neglect is portrayed as a grave moral failing.
It is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction; the emphasis is ethical conduct within the Kāśī Māhātmya setting rather than a named micro-tīrtha.
A traditional insistence on completing appropriate saṃskāras (contextually, marriage-related consecration) in due time.