Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
यदायदा च पत्या मे संगः स्याद्धृत्सुखेच्छया । तदातदा च तं देहं त्यक्त्वान्यं देहमाप्नुयाम्
yadāyadā ca patyā me saṃgaḥ syāddhṛtsukhecchayā | tadātadā ca taṃ dehaṃ tyaktvānyaṃ dehamāpnuyām
ເມື່ອໃດກໍຕາມ ດ້ວຍຄວາມປາຖະໜາຄວາມສຸກໃນໃຈ ການຮ່ວມພົວພັນກັບສາມີຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເກີດຂຶ້ນ ໃນເວລານັ້ນໆ ຂໍໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າລະທິ້ງກາຍນັ້ນ ແລະໄດ້ຮັບກາຍໃໝ່ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ການຮ່ວມເປັນໜຶ່ງນັ້ນສົດໃໝ່ເສມອ.
Pulomā’s daughter (Paulomī)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/devotees
Scene: A symbolic scene: the couple’s union framed by a metaphysical motif of shedding and assuming bodies, like a serpent changing skin, under Śiva’s witnessing presence in Kāśī.
FAQs
It reflects the puranic idea that intense saṅkalpa can shape future embodiment, though dharma ultimately seeks desire’s purification.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa tradition, where vows tied to Kāśī are portrayed as especially efficacious.
No specific rite is named here; it is part of a sequence of requested boons preceding the vrata-instruction.