Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
विप्रपत्न्यस्तु संपूज्याः स्त्रियश्चान्याः स्वशक्तितः । कञ्चुकै रक्तवस्त्रैश्च रुक्मिणी प्रीयतामिति
viprapatnyastu saṃpūjyāḥ striyaścānyāḥ svaśaktitaḥ | kañcukai raktavastraiśca rukmiṇī prīyatāmiti
विप्रपत्न्यः सम्यक् संपूज्याः, अन्याः स्त्रियश्च स्वशक्तितः; कञ्चुकैः रक्तवस्त्रैश्च दत्त्वा—“रुक्मिणी प्रीयताम्” इति प्रार्थयेत्।
Narratorial voice (contextual instruction within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Rukmiṇī-prīti context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: general adhikārins addressed as instruction to dvija-śreṣṭhas
Scene: A devotional gathering in Dvārakā where women are respectfully seated and honored; donors present red garments and bodices as offerings, while invoking Rukmiṇī’s pleasure; a subtle icon of Rukmiṇī-Kṛṣṇa presides.
FAQs
Devotion to Rukmiṇī is expressed through respectful honoring and charitable gifting, performed within one’s means.
Rukmiṇī-hrada in the Dvārakā sacred landscape (Dvārakā Māhātmya).
Pūjā/ सम्मान of Brāhmaṇa-wives and other women, with gifts such as bodices and red garments, offered for Rukmiṇī’s pleasure.