Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
नोलूखले न मुशले न वर्द्धन्यां दृषद्यपि । न यंत्रके न देहल्यां सती चोपविशेत्क्वचित्
nolūkhale na muśale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi | na yaṃtrake na dehalyāṃ satī copaviśetkvacit
لا ينبغي للزوجة الفاضلة أن تجلس على الهاون أو المدقّ أو سَلّة التذرية، ولا حتى على حجر الطحن؛ ولا على آلة العصر، ولا على العتبة.
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; didactic instruction in context)
Scene: A household threshold with rangoli; nearby are mortar and pestle, winnowing basket, grinding stone. The virtuous wife stands or sits on a proper seat (āsana), not on tools or threshold, indicating mindful decorum.
FAQs
Auspicious discipline extends to everyday domestic behavior; reverence is shown even through small acts like where one sits.
No specific sacred site is referenced; the verse is a general code of conduct.
A niyama about avoiding inauspicious places/objects as seats (threshold and household implements).