Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
नोलूखले न मुसले न वर्द्धन्यां दृषद्यपि । न यंत्रकेन देहल्यां सती चोपविशेत्क्वचित्
nolūkhale na musale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi | na yaṃtrakena dehalyāṃ satī copaviśetkvacit
सती स्त्री ओखली पर, मूसल पर, वर्धनी (सूप/टोकरी-आधार) पर, यहाँ तक कि चक्की के पाट (दृषद्) पर भी; न करघे के यंत्र पर, न देहरी (दहलीज़) पर—कभी न बैठे।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (domestic dharma within kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a Kāśī home, a woman stands near a threshold and household tools (mortar, pestle, grinding stone), choosing a proper seat-mat instead; the threshold is decorated and kept clean, signaling respect for liminal space.
FAQs
It encodes auspicious etiquette—avoiding inauspicious places/objects for sitting—as a form of mindful purity in daily life.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction; no particular tīrtha is directly praised here.
No formal rite; it gives customary prohibitions (niṣedha) within household discipline.