भद्रा शूद्रा च मद्रा च नलदा जलदा तथा । उर्णा पूर्णा च देवेशि या च गोपुच्छला स्मृता
bhadrā śūdrā ca madrā ca naladā jaladā tathā | urṇā pūrṇā ca deveśi yā ca gopucchalā smṛtā
اے دیوی، بھدرا، شودرا، مدرا، نلدا، اور جلدا؛ نیز ارنا اور پورنا—اور وہ جسے گوپچھلا کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśī (addressed)
Scene: A procession of named apsarases—Bhadrā, Śūdrā, Madrā, Naladā, Jaladā, Urṇā, Pūrṇā, and Gopucchalā—each distinguished by a symbolic attribute (cloud, water-jar, lotus, peacock-feather fan, etc.), presented before a divine lady addressed as Deveśī.
The māhātmya preserves sacred memory through precise naming, presenting the tīrtha as a meeting-ground of many orders of beings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
No ritual prescription appears; the verse is a catalogue of names.