Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91
स्नात्वा नित्यविधिं कृत्वा तस्मिन्नेवाह्निकस्यचित् । श्रोत्रियस्य सुतां प्राप्य पाणिं जग्राह दीक्षितः
snātvā nityavidhiṃ kṛtvā tasminnevāhnikasyacit | śrotriyasya sutāṃ prāpya pāṇiṃ jagrāha dīkṣitaḥ
സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് നിത്യവിധി നിർവഹിച്ചു, അതേ ദിവസത്തിൽ ദീക്ഷിതൻ ഒരു ശ്രോത്രിയന്റെ പുത്രിയെ ലഭിച്ച് ധർമ്മപ്രകാരം അവളുടെ പാണിഗ്രഹണം നടത്തി.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: After bathing and completing daily rites, Dīkṣita performs pāṇigrahaṇa—taking the bride’s hand—before sacred fire; the bride is daughter of a śrotriya, with Vedic ambience and auspicious decor.
FAQs
Householder life is sanctified when grounded in daily discipline (snāna, āhnika, nitya-karma) and alliances with the learned.
Kāśī is the overarching setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on social-religious conduct rather than a named tīrtha.
Snāna (ritual bath) and nitya-vidhi/āhnika (daily obligatory rites).