Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
विना व्यवायसमयं प्रागल्भ्यं न क्वचिच्चरेत् । यत्रयत्ररुचिर्भर्त्तुस्तत्र प्रेमवती सदा
vinā vyavāyasamayaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ na kvaciccaret | yatrayatrarucirbharttustatra premavatī sadā
দাম্পত্য-সংযোগের যথোচিত সময় ব্যতীত সে কোথাও অগ্রাসী আচরণ করবে না। স্বামীর যেখানে যেখানে রুচি, সেখানেই সে সর্বদা প্রেমময়ী ও ভক্তিভাবে নিবেদিতা থাকবে।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A modestly adorned gṛhastha woman in Kāśī, near a courtyard or ghat approach, composed and restrained, turning gently toward her husband with quiet affection; the city’s sacred ambience implied by distant temple spires and Gaṅgā light.
FAQs
It teaches restraint and harmonizing one’s conduct with dharma and marital devotion.
Kāśī is the sacred narrative backdrop; the verse itself is a dharma instruction rather than a site-panegyric.
No ritual is prescribed; it references proper timing (samaya) as an ethical regulation.