Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
एवं बहुतिथे काले गते तस्याग्रजन्मनः । भार्या शुचिष्मती नाम कामपत्नी वसुव्रता
evaṃ bahutithe kāle gate tasyāgrajanmanaḥ | bhāryā śuciṣmatī nāma kāmapatnī vasuvratā
ഇങ്ങനെ ഏറെ കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ ആ ജ്യേഷ്ഠന്റെ ഭാര്യ—ശുചിഷ്മതി എന്ന നാമധേയമുള്ളവൾ—പതിവ്രതയായി, സദ്വ്രതങ്ങളിൽ സ്ഥിരയായി വസിച്ചു।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calm domestic scene in Kāśī: Śuciṣmatī, modestly adorned, engaged in household observances, with subtle संकेत of vrata—water pot, lamp, and flowers—while time passes in quiet routine.
FAQs
The Purāṇa portrays dharmic household life through exemplars—steadfast vows and marital fidelity.
The narrative belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, embedded in the glorification of Kāśī as a place where dharma is naturally supported.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it introduces a virtuous wife characterized by vrata-observance.