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# Skandapurana 16.205.83

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.83

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.83)

aprāpte rajasi gaurī prāpte rajasi rohiṇī ..  
avyaṃjanakṛtā kanyā kucahīnā tu nagnikā .. 83 ..

> Before menstruation arrives, she is a gaurī; when menstruation has arrived, she is a rohiṇī; / one without manifested bodily marks and devoid of breasts is a nagnikā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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