Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
यस्तां परिणयेन्मोहात्स भवेद्वृषलीपतिः । तेन संभाषणं त्याज्यमपाङ्क्तेयेन सर्वदा
yastāṃ pariṇayenmohātsa bhavedvṛṣalīpatiḥ | tena saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ tyājyamapāṅkteyena sarvadā
മോഹവശാൽ അവളെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ വൃഷലീ-പതിയാകുന്നു; അത്തരം അപാങ്ക്തേയനോടുള്ള സംഭാഷണവും എപ്പോഴും വർജ്യം.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: a man choosing a questionable marriage path while a sage/priest gestures in warning; in the background, a communal rite or śrāddha line (pāṅkti) from which the transgressor is symbolically excluded.
FAQs
The verse warns that violating traditional norms of marriage and eligibility can bring social-ritual disqualification and should be avoided.
The setting remains Kāśī Khaṇḍa; the focus is prescriptive dharma within the Kāśī Māhātmya context.
It references apāṅkteyatā—being unfit for communal ritual participation—implying avoidance of association in ritual-social contexts.