Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
जने तु रसगोत्राया मातुर्याप्यसपिंडका । दारकर्मणि योग्या सा द्विजानां धर्मवृद्धये
jane tu rasagotrāyā māturyāpyasapiṃḍakā | dārakarmaṇi yogyā sā dvijānāṃ dharmavṛddhaye
Aunque una joven pertenezca por nacimiento a la misma línea de gotra, si no es pariente sapinda por la madre, se la considera apta para el matrimonio, para que el dharma de los dvija prospere mediante los debidos ritos domésticos.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dharma-teaching scene in Kāśī: a learned elder instructs a dvija family about marriage eligibility, with palm-leaf manuscripts, sacred thread, and a calm domestic-ritual setting near a ghat.
FAQs
Household dharma should be protected by observing proper kinship and eligibility rules in marriage.
The verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework (Kāśī/Varanasi), though this specific line focuses on gṛhastha-dharma rather than a single tirtha.
It frames marriage (dārakarma) as a dharmic rite whose correctness supports the performance of household religious duties.