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
ಸತೀ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಉಲೂಖಲ (ಒಕ್ಕಲಿ) ಮೇಲೆ, ಮುಸಲ ಮೇಲೆ, ವರ್ಧನೀ (ಸೂಪು/ಗೂಡು ಆಧಾರ) ಮೇಲೆ, ದೃಷದ್ (ಅರೆಯುವ ಕಲ್ಲು) ಮೇಲೆಯೂ; ಯಂತ್ರಕ (ನೇಯ್ಗೆ ಉಪಕರಣ) ಮೇಲೂ, ದೇಹಲೀ (ಬಾಗಿಲಿನ ಅಂಚು) ಮೇಲೂ—ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಾರದು।
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.