Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
शूद्रस्य भार्या शूद्रैव सा च स्वा च विशः स्मृते । ते च स्वा चैव राज्ञस्तु ताश्च स्वाचाग्रजन्मनः
śūdrasya bhāryā śūdraiva sā ca svā ca viśaḥ smṛte | te ca svā caiva rājñastu tāśca svācāgrajanmanaḥ
زوجة الشودرَة لا تكون إلا امرأةً شودرية، فهي له وحده على ما تقرره السمرتي. وللڤيشيا تُذكر المرأة الڤيشية زوجًا له. وتلك النساء بعينهنّ تصلحن أيضًا للملك (الكشتريا)، وهنّ كذلك يصلحن لذي الميلاد الأعلى (البرهمن).
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: four varṇas represented with distinct attire; a teacher points to a palm-leaf text; couples stand in orderly rows indicating prescribed marital pairing.
FAQs
It presents a traditional dharma framework for marriage compatibility as understood in the text’s social-ritual order.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a social-dharma rule within Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
It states norms for whom each varṇa may take as a ‘proper’ wife, as framed by the passage.