Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
ऋतावृतौ हि नारीणां सेवनाज्जायते सुतः । सुतात्स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च इत्येवं श्रुतिभाषितम्
ṛtāvṛtau hi nārīṇāṃ sevanājjāyate sutaḥ | sutātsvargaśca mokṣaśca ityevaṃ śrutibhāṣitam
ঋতুকালে নারীর সঙ্গে ধর্মসম্মত মিলনে পুত্র জন্মায়। আর পুত্রের দ্বারা স্বর্গ ও মোক্ষও লাভ হয়—এ কথা শ্রুতিতে বলা হয়েছে।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Scene: A didactic scene: a sage instructs householders on ṛtu-dharma beside the flowing Revā; a couple stands respectfully, with a cradle symbolizing putra and a śruti manuscript indicating scriptural authority.
FAQs
It presents progeny within gṛhastha dharma as linked to ancestral continuity and religious merit, citing Śruti authority.
No site is named in this verse; it supports the broader Somnātha narrative in Revā Khaṇḍa.
It implies ṛtu-kāla conduct (timely marital union) as a dharmic observance; no separate pilgrimage rite is stated.