Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 96
पतिपुत्रकृतं दुःखं न सा प्राप्स्यति कर्हिचित् । मदालये तु या नारी तुलापुरुषसंज्ञितम्
patiputrakṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ na sā prāpsyati karhicit | madālaye tu yā nārī tulāpuruṣasaṃjñitam
ទុក្ខដែលកើតពីស្វាមី ឬកូនប្រុស នាងនោះមិននឹងជួបប្រទះឡើយ។ ហើយនារីណា នៅក្នុងអាល័យរបស់ខ្ញុំ ប្រតិបត្តិពិធីដែលគេហៅថា ‘ទុលាបុរុស’—
Śiva (deduced from ‘madālaye’ and the continuing phala-śruti)
Tirtha: Devī/Śakti-ālaya at Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: नरोत्तम (addressed interlocutor)
Scene: Inside the deity’s temple precinct, a woman devotee is shown approaching a ceremonial weighing rite; the atmosphere is protective, promising freedom from household grief.
FAQs
Temple-centered devotion and dharmic giving are portrayed as shields against household suffering and sources of auspicious stability.
Madālaya—Śiva’s abode—indicating the sanctity of performing vows and charity within a Śiva temple precinct.
The Tulāpuruṣa rite is referenced as a named observance performed in Śiva’s abode (the sentence continues beyond this verse).
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