Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कन्यायज्ञ उपस्थिते । दमयंती प्रद्रष्टव्या पूजनीया प्रयत्नतः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kanyāyajña upasthite | damayaṃtī pradraṣṭavyā pūjanīyā prayatnataḥ
Portanto, quando estiver próximo o rito da donzela (kanyāyajña), deve-se visitar Damayantī para o darśana e adorá-la com todo esforço e cuidadosa devoção.
Ascetic women (tāpasyāḥ), contextual
Tirtha: Damayantī-darśana (as tīrtha focus in this passage)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A directive moment: elders instruct that when the kanyāyajña approaches, the family must go to Damayantī’s shrine for darśana and careful worship; the shrine stands as a gateway before the rite.
FAQs
Major life-rites should be anchored in reverence to sanctified exemplars and local divinities, performed with diligence and faith.
The Damayantī-centered sacred setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrthamāhātmya is implied; the precise place-name is not given in this verse.
At the time of kanyāyajña, one should take darśana of Damayantī and perform her pūjā with full effort.