Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
पूर्वं स्त्रियः सुरैर्भुक्ताः सोमगंधर्व वह्निभिः । भुंजते मानुषाः पश्चान्नैतादुष्यं ति केनचित्
pūrvaṃ striyaḥ surairbhuktāḥ somagaṃdharva vahnibhiḥ | bhuṃjate mānuṣāḥ paścānnaitāduṣyaṃ ti kenacit
প্রথমে দেবগণ—সোম, গন্ধর্ব ও অগ্নি—স্ত্রীদের আধ্যাত্মিকভাবে পূর্বেই গ্রহণ করেছেন; পরে মানুষ বিবাহের দ্বারা সহবাস-অধিকার লাভ করে। অতএব এতে কারও অশৌচ বা দোষ হয় না।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: a sage expounds that Soma, Gandharvas, and Agni mystically precede human marriage, dissolving notions of impurity; subtle divine presences hover above a domestic wedding setting.
FAQs
It frames marriage-related purity as upheld by divine order, discouraging needless notions of defilement.
The teaching occurs within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing Kāśī’s dharma-framework rather than naming a single tirtha in this verse.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it provides a doctrinal rationale concerning purity in marital context.