Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47
रूपं कुष्ठरुजाविष्टं कुलं नश्यति कुस्त्रिया । इति सर्वे समालोच्य समेताः पतिसोदराः
rūpaṃ kuṣṭharujāviṣṭaṃ kulaṃ naśyati kustriyā | iti sarve samālocya sametāḥ patisodarāḥ
“રૂપ કুষ্ঠરોગની પીડાથી આવૃત થાય છે; દુષ્ટ સ્ત્રીથી કુળ નાશ પામે છે”—એવું વિચારી પતિના બધા ભાઈઓ એકત્ર થયા।
Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A council of the husband’s brothers, faces stern and troubled, discussing ominous consequences—leprosy as a symbolic specter and the shadow of family ruin looming.
FAQs
Household dharma is portrayed as fragile: unethical conduct within the home is said to bring suffering and ruin to the lineage.
None is mentioned; the verse is part of a moral-narrative sequence.
None; it describes deliberation and social consequence, not a ritual.