Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
गुणागुणविचार्येत्थं स वै विश्वानरो द्विजः । उद्ववाह विधानेन स्वोचितां कुलकन्यकाम्
guṇāguṇavicāryetthaṃ sa vai viśvānaro dvijaḥ | udvavāha vidhānena svocitāṃ kulakanyakām
وهكذا، بعد أن وازن المحاسن والمساوئ، تزوّج البرهمن فيشفانارا على الوجه اللائق ووفق الشعائر المقرّرة، فتاةً تليق بنَسَبه.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇa Viśvānara, after deliberation, performs a Vedic wedding with sacred fire, garlands, and elders witnessing; Kāśī’s temple skyline subtly behind.
FAQs
Householder life should begin through dharmic discernment and rite-bound conduct, not impulse.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Marriage is to be performed “vidhānena”—in accordance with prescribed Vedic/Smārta rites.