Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
अथायुषा वा कार्त्स्न्येन धर्मे दित्सुर्यथैव च । यस्यां भवति चात्मैव ततो जाया निगद्यते
athāyuṣā vā kārtsnyena dharme ditsuryathaiva ca | yasyāṃ bhavati cātmaiva tato jāyā nigadyate
সম্পূর্ণ আয়ু জুড়ে সঙ্গ দিয়ে বা ধর্মে সম্পূর্ণ নিবেদিত হয়ে—যাঁর মধ্যে নিজের আত্মাই প্রতিফলিত হয়, তাই তিনি ‘জায়া’ নামে অভিহিত।
Daityendra/Vajrāṅga (didactic reflection; implied)
Scene: A couple performing a dharmic act together—offering into fire or serving guests—while a subtle aura shows their shared ‘ātma’ center; the word ‘jāyā’ suggested through symbolic birth/renewal motifs (sprouting tree, dawn).
FAQs
Marriage is framed as dharmic unity: the wife is honored as intimately connected with one’s very self and life-purpose.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is doctrinal about household dharma.
None; it provides a dharmic definition/understanding of ‘jāyā’.