Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
धर्म्यैर्विवाहैर्जायंते धर्म्या एव शतायुषः । अधर्म्यैर्धर्मरहिता मंदभाग्यधनायुषः
dharmyairvivāhairjāyaṃte dharmyā eva śatāyuṣaḥ | adharmyairdharmarahitā maṃdabhāgyadhanāyuṣaḥ
ধর্মসম্মত বিবাহ থেকে ধর্মময় সন্তান জন্মায়, যারা শতায়ু হয়। অধর্মসম্মত বিবাহ থেকে ধর্মহীন সন্তান জন্মায়—যাদের ভাগ্য, ধন ও আয়ু অল্প।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two contrasted family lineages: one luminous household with righteous parents and healthy, long-lived children; the other shadowed household with discord and frailty—an allegory of dharma vs adharma outcomes.
FAQs
Householder choices shape future generations; dharmic unions are portrayed as a source of longevity and virtue, while adharmic unions yield decline.
Kāśī frames the discourse as a dharma-teaching landscape, but the verse itself is a general principle rather than a site praise.
No single ritual act is prescribed; it states the karmic outcomes of dharmic versus adharmic marriages.