Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
स्त्रीधनान्युपजीवंति ये मोहादिह बांधवाः । न केवलं निरयगास्तेषामपि हि पूर्वजाः
strīdhanānyupajīvaṃti ye mohādiha bāṃdhavāḥ | na kevalaṃ nirayagāsteṣāmapi hi pūrvajāḥ
Jene Verwandten, die aus Verblendung hier leben, indem sie das Vermögen einer Frau verzehren, gehen zur Hölle; und nicht nur sie, sondern auch ihre Vorfahren werden mit hinabgezogen.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/seekers (context-dependent)
Scene: A household scene: a woman’s jewelry chest labeled ‘strīdhana’ is being taken by greedy relatives; behind them appears a shadow of ancestors being pulled downward, while a sage points to dharma texts.
FAQs
Misappropriating strīdhana is a serious adharma that harms not only the perpetrator but also the family’s spiritual standing across generations.
Kāśī is the setting (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), where dharma is taught as integral to the city’s sacred life and liberation-oriented culture.
No specific rite is prescribed; the verse gives a moral prohibition: relatives must not live off a woman’s strīdhana.