Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
एवं बहुतिथे काले गते तस्याग्रजन्मनः । भार्या शुचिष्मती नाम कामपत्नी वसुव्रता
evaṃ bahutithe kāle gate tasyāgrajanmanaḥ | bhāryā śuciṣmatī nāma kāmapatnī vasuvratā
وهكذا، بعد أن مضت أيام كثيرة في حياة ذلك البكر، كانت زوجته—واسمها شوتشِشمَتي (Śuciṣmatī)—مخلصة لزوجها، ثابتة على النذور الفاضلة، تعيش على ذلك النحو.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calm domestic scene in Kāśī: Śuciṣmatī, modestly adorned, engaged in household observances, with subtle संकेत of vrata—water pot, lamp, and flowers—while time passes in quiet routine.
FAQs
The Purāṇa portrays dharmic household life through exemplars—steadfast vows and marital fidelity.
The narrative belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, embedded in the glorification of Kāśī as a place where dharma is naturally supported.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a virtuous wife characterized by vrata-observance.