Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29
विना व्यवायसमयं प्रागल्भ्यं न क्वचिच्चरेत् । यत्रयत्ररुचिर्भर्त्तुस्तत्र प्रेमवती सदा
vinā vyavāyasamayaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ na kvaciccaret | yatrayatrarucirbharttustatra premavatī sadā
Except at the proper time for conjugal union, she should not behave with forwardness anywhere. Wherever her husband’s liking inclines, there she remains ever affectionate and devoted.
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.