Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84
सप्तवर्षा भवेद्गौरी नववर्षा तु नग्निका । दशवर्षा भवेत्कन्या ह्यत ऊर्ध्वं रजस्वला
saptavarṣā bhavedgaurī navavarṣā tu nagnikā | daśavarṣā bhavetkanyā hyata ūrdhvaṃ rajasvalā
سات برس کی ہو تو اسے ‘گوری’ کہا جاتا ہے؛ نو برس کی ہو تو ‘نگنیکا’؛ دس برس کی ہو تو ‘کنیا’؛ اور اس کے بعد وہ ‘رجسولا’ (حیض والی) شمار ہوتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)
Scene: A dharma-teaching scene in a tīrtha assembly: elders or a sage enumerates stages of girlhood with didactic gestures; background shows Prabhāsa’s coastal sacred landscape and a Somnātha-like shrine silhouette.
FAQs
The text encodes dharma guidance through age/life-stage categories, aiming to preserve order in saṃskāras and ritual life.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the broader Māhātmya setting; dharma teachings are presented as supportive of tīrtha merit and Pitṛ welfare.
No direct prescription; it provides age-based definitions used in deciding appropriateness for traditional rites.