Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
मुशलोलूखले स्त्रीणामास्या तद्वदुदुंबरे । भाषणं कटुकं चैव तत्र देवि स्थितिस्तव
muśalolūkhale strīṇāmāsyā tadvaduduṃbare | bhāṣaṇaṃ kaṭukaṃ caiva tatra devi sthitistava
موسل اور اوکھلی میں، عورتوں کے منہ میں، اور اسی طرح اُدُمبَر (انجیر) کے درخت میں؛ اور جہاں کلام تلخ ہو—اے دیوی، وہیں تیری حضوری ہے۔
Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A domestic courtyard with an udumbara tree; women near a mortar and pestle; a scene of harsh words (open mouths, tense gestures); the goddess presence indicated at the mortar, at the mouth, and within the tree as a tripartite motif.
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Harsh speech and coarse domestic habits are depicted as signs of degraded spiritual atmosphere; restraint and gentleness are dharmic protections.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), in the Skanda Purana’s Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No formal rite; the practical discipline implied is purification of speech and conduct in the household.