Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
न पर्वतर्क्षवृक्षाह्वां न नदीसर्पनामिकाम् । न पक्ष्यहिप्रेष्यनाम्नीं सौम्याख्यामुद्वहेत्सुधीः
na parvatarkṣavṛkṣāhvāṃ na nadīsarpanāmikām | na pakṣyahipreṣyanāmnīṃ saumyākhyāmudvahetsudhīḥ
لا ينبغي للحكيم أن يتزوّج فتاةً اسمُها اسمُ جبلٍ أو دبٍّ أو شجرة؛ ولا من سُمّيت باسم نهرٍ أو حيّة؛ ولا من تحمل أسماء الطيور أو الحيّات أو الخدم، ولا حتى من كان اسمها مجرّد «سَوْمْيَا».
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa instruction)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A priestly naming/record scene: a manuscript lists categories of names; families discuss auspicious naming and marriage suitability, with symbolic animals/river motifs subtly depicted as ‘to be avoided’.
FAQs
Traditional dharma texts link household auspiciousness with careful attention to omens, including names, as part of disciplined gṛhastha life.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting is Kāśī, but this verse is a general dharma guideline rather than a tirtha praise.
A prohibition within marriage selection criteria: avoid certain categories of names regarded as inauspicious.