Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
नोलूखले न मुसले न वर्द्धन्यां दृषद्यपि । न यंत्रकेन देहल्यां सती चोपविशेत्क्वचित्
nolūkhale na musale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi | na yaṃtrakena dehalyāṃ satī copaviśetkvacit
لا ينبغي للمرأة العفيفة أن تجلس على الهاون ولا على المدقّ ولا على وعاء التذرية، ولا حتى على حجر الطحن؛ ولا على أداة النول ولا على العتبة، في أي وقت.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (domestic dharma within kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a Kāśī home, a woman stands near a threshold and household tools (mortar, pestle, grinding stone), choosing a proper seat-mat instead; the threshold is decorated and kept clean, signaling respect for liminal space.
FAQs
It encodes auspicious etiquette—avoiding inauspicious places/objects for sitting—as a form of mindful purity in daily life.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction; no particular tīrtha is directly praised here.
No formal rite; it gives customary prohibitions (niṣedha) within household discipline.