Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
अवशिष्टास्तु षड्विंशन्मलिना विगतश्रियः । पाणिग्रहणमारभ्य रोहिण्या सह चंद्रमाः
avaśiṣṭāstu ṣaḍviṃśanmalinā vigataśriyaḥ | pāṇigrahaṇamārabhya rohiṇyā saha caṃdramāḥ
مگر باقی چھبیس بیویاں داغدار ہو گئیں اور اپنی رونق سے محروم رہیں؛ نکاح کے آغاز ہی سے چاند روہنی کے ساتھ ہی رہا۔
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial tableau: twenty-six Nakṣatra-brides appear dim and tarnished, their ornaments dulled; Soma shines beside Rohiṇī alone, highlighting imbalance; the sky-wheel of stars forms a mandala around them.
FAQs
In relationships and duties, sustained inequity diminishes harmony and ‘splendor’—a puranic warning against adharma in household conduct.
Prabhāsa is the overarching tīrtha-context; the māhātmya uses this cosmic-family episode to amplify the sacred setting.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights the ethical dimension of marriage (pāṇigrahaṇa) and ensuing imbalance.