Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
क्रीडंति नार्यस्तेषां हि नित्यं दामोदराग्रतः । सुचन्द्रवदना गौर्यः श्यामाश्चैव सुमध्यमाः
krīḍaṃti nāryasteṣāṃ hi nityaṃ dāmodarāgrataḥ | sucandravadanā gauryaḥ śyāmāścaiva sumadhyamāḥ
ان کی عورتیں ہمیشہ دامودر کے حضور کھیلتی رہتی ہیں؛ کچھ چاند جیسے حسین چہروں والی، کچھ گوری رنگت کی، اور کچھ سانولی، سب کی کمر باریک و دلکش۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Dāmodara-dhāma (as described within Vastrāpatha māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before Dāmodara, divine women dance and play—some fair, some dark, all slender-waisted, with moonlike faces—forming a harmonious circle of movement; Dāmodara stands serene, receiving their joyful service.
FAQs
The holy place is depicted as joyous and devotional—life there naturally turns toward the deity (Dāmodara) in celebration and reverence.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, specifically the presence ‘before Dāmodara’ (a Vaiṣṇava sacred focus).
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse provides descriptive māhātmya imagery centered on Dāmodara.