जन्मर्क्षं मैथुनं मंत्रो गृहच्छिद्रं च वंचनम् । आयुर्धनापमानं स्त्री न प्रकाश्यानि सर्वथा
janmarkṣaṃ maithunaṃ maṃtro gṛhacchidraṃ ca vaṃcanam | āyurdhanāpamānaṃ strī na prakāśyāni sarvathā
जन्म-नक्षत्र, मैथुन, अपना मंत्र, गृह की दुर्बलता/छिद्र, अपनी युक्ति, आयु, धन, अपमान और पत्नी—इनका सर्वथा प्रकाश नहीं करना चाहिए।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni / attentive interlocutor
Scene: A teacher-sage in Kāśī gestures in caution while a householder listens; symbolic motifs appear around them: a nakṣatra wheel (birth-star), a sealed mantra scroll, a guarded doorway (household vulnerabilities), a closed money pouch, and a veiled household figure—signifying confidentiality.
Dharma includes discretion: protecting sacred, personal, and household matters prevents harm and preserves spiritual power.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context, but the verse itself is ethical instruction rather than tīrtha-praise.
Mantra is singled out as something that must not be publicly disclosed, reflecting initiatory and ritual confidentiality.
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