Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
क्षुरकर्म न शस्तं स्याद्योषितां तु वरानने । सभर्तृकाणां तत्रैव विधिं तासां शृणुष्व मे
kṣurakarma na śastaṃ syādyoṣitāṃ tu varānane | sabhartṛkāṇāṃ tatraiva vidhiṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇuṣva me
Wahai yang berwajah elok, mencukur dengan pisau cukur tidaklah dianggap wajar bagi kaum wanita. Sekarang dengarlah daripadaku aturan khusus yang harus dipatuhi di sana bagi wanita yang bersuami.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed woman (varānane)
Scene: A teacher-figure instructs a modestly adorned married woman pilgrim at Prabhāsa about proper hair-ritual conduct, with the sea/coastal tīrtha ambience and distant shrine silhouettes.
FAQs
Dharma adapts ritual practice to person and context; devotion is upheld through appropriate, not uniform, observance.
The Prabhāsa pilgrimage context (especially the shaving-related rites near the tīrthas) is in view, though no new tīrtha is named.
Women are advised against kṣurakarma (razor shaving), and a distinct procedure is indicated for married women (to be detailed next).