Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
आत्मजां मां विजानीहि गालवस्य महात्मनः । कन्या चाहमनूढास्मि पितृशु श्रूषणे रता
ātmajāṃ māṃ vijānīhi gālavasya mahātmanaḥ | kanyā cāhamanūḍhāsmi pitṛśu śrūṣaṇe ratā
ขอท่านจงรู้เถิดว่า ข้าคือธิดาของฤๅษีผู้มหาตมะนามว่า กาลวะ ข้าเป็นกุมารีมิได้อภิเษก และตั้งใจปรนนิบัติรับใช้บิดา
Kāṃtimatī (daughter of sage Gālava)
Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not provided in excerpt)
Scene: A modest maiden introduces herself as Gālava’s daughter, hands folded in respectful speech, holding a flower-basket; the setting suggests a coastal sacred grove near Setu with pilgrims and distant sea.
FAQs
It upholds pitṛ-sevā (devoted service to parents/elders) and personal modesty as core aspects of dharma.
The broader frame is the Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāma-setu–Rāmeśvaram region), though this verse itself focuses on character and identity within the Setu narrative.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes ethical duty (service to one’s father) rather than a specific rite.