Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 75
ब्रह्मसूत्रं च सावित्रीं स्नानं संध्यां जपार्चनम् । विसृज्य स्त्रीत्वमाप्तोस्य का गतिर्वद पार्थिव
brahmasūtraṃ ca sāvitrīṃ snānaṃ saṃdhyāṃ japārcanam | visṛjya strītvamāptosya kā gatirvada pārthiva
برہما سُوتر (جنیو) اور ساوتری (گایتری)، اشنان، سندھیا، جپ اور ارچن چھوڑ کر وہ عورت پن کو پہنچ گیا ہے۔ بتائیے اے پارتھیو (بادشاہ)، اس کی گتی کیا ہوگی؟
Sārasvata
Listener: King (Pārthiva)
Scene: The sage lists the abandoned rites as if counting beads; a japa-mālā, water vessel, and small altar appear unused; the king is asked to pronounce the fate.
FAQs
Daily disciplines (sandhyā, japa, arcana) are treated as dharma’s backbone; their loss signals spiritual crisis and prompts inquiry into karma and restitution.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is about nitya-karma (daily duties).
It references nitya-karma elements—snāna, sandhyā, japa, and arcana—without prescribing a new rite in this line.