Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
भर्ता सदानुयातव्यो देहवच्छायया स्त्रिया । चंद्रमा ज्योत्स्नया यद्वद्विद्युत्वान्विद्युता यथा
bhartā sadānuyātavyo dehavacchāyayā striyā | caṃdramā jyotsnayā yadvadvidyutvānvidyutā yathā
സ്ത്രീ ഭർത്താവിനെ സദാ അനുഗമിക്കണം, ദേഹത്തെ നിഴൽ അനുഗമിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ; ചന്ദ്രനോടൊപ്പം ജ്യോത്സ്നയും, മിന്നലോടൊപ്പം അതിന്റെ പ്രകാശവും ഉള്ളതുപോലെ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A poetic diptych: (1) woman and husband walking, her presence like a shadow; (2) moon with haloed moonlight over Gaṅgā; (3) monsoon cloud with lightning and its flash—three metaphors in one composition.
FAQs
It teaches steadfast companionship through vivid similes, portraying loyalty as natural and continuous.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma discourse.
None; it is an instruction in conduct expressed through poetic comparison (upamā).