Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
नरो हि गृहिणीहीनो अर्धदेह इति स्मृतः । यथात्मना विना देहे कार्यं किंचिन्न सिध्यति
naro hi gṛhiṇīhīno ardhadeha iti smṛtaḥ | yathātmanā vinā dehe kāryaṃ kiṃcinna sidhyati
حقًّا إن الرجل الذي لا زوجة له يُذكَر بأنه «نصفُ الجسد». وكما أن الجسد بلا الآتمان (ātman) لا ينجز عملاً البتّة، كذلك لا تكتمل واجبات الحياة في هذا النقص.
Same narrator (didactic voice) within Sūta’s discourse (deduced)
Scene: A contemplative teacher-figure instructs a pilgrim/householder: the human body shown with a luminous ātman at the heart; beside it, a couple performing a small homa, indicating ‘sahadharma’.
FAQs
Householder life is portrayed as a dharmic partnership; without it, worldly and ritual duties are considered incomplete.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching is ethical and āśrama-based.
No specific rite is prescribed; it frames the necessity of household order for sustaining dharmic works.