Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
कात्यायनः । परिणीय सगोत्रा तु समानप्रवरां तथा । त्यागं कृत्वा द्विजस्तस्यास्ततश्चांद्रायणं चरेत्
kātyāyanaḥ | pariṇīya sagotrā tu samānapravarāṃ tathā | tyāgaṃ kṛtvā dvijastasyāstataścāṃdrāyaṇaṃ caret
ಕಾತ್ಯಾಯನನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ—ಯಾವ ದ್ವಿಜನು ಸಗೋತ್ರಾ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಮಾನಪ್ರವರೆಯಾದ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯನ್ನು ವಿವಾಹ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾನೋ, ಅವಳನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ನಂತರ ಚಾಂದ್ರಾಯಣ ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಬೇಕು।
Kātyāyana (cited authority)
Listener: dvija/gṛhastha audience (normative addressee)
Scene: A dharma-assembly setting: a seated ṛṣi (Kātyāyana) instructs a remorseful dvija householder; a lunar calendar/arc suggests Cāndrāyaṇa; the woman stands respectfully apart, indicating renunciation without abandonment.
FAQs
When dharma is violated, repentance and corrective action are mandated; expiation restores ritual integrity.
No site is mentioned; the verse is a legal-dharmic instruction.
Renunciation of the prohibited marriage and performance of the Cāndrāyaṇa penance.