Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
त्वं च दीक्षां शुभां प्राप्तो देव्या च शतरूपया । जामाता त्वेष ते धर्मः पत्नीभिर्दशभिः सह
tvaṃ ca dīkṣāṃ śubhāṃ prāpto devyā ca śatarūpayā | jāmātā tveṣa te dharmaḥ patnībhirdaśabhiḥ saha
നീ ദേവി ശതരൂപയിൽ നിന്നു മംഗളകരമായ ദീക്ഷ ലഭിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ഇവൻ നിന്റെ മരുമകൻ ധർമ്മൻ, തന്റെ പത്ത് ഭാര്യമാരോടുകൂടെ.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical) / in-text interlocutors (context-dependent)
Scene: A solemn bestowal of auspicious dīkṣā by the goddess Śatarūpā; beside the initiate stands Dharma as son-in-law, accompanied by ten consorts, suggesting ordered cosmic functions.
FAQs
Dharma is not abstract alone; it is portrayed as a living cosmic principle connected to consecration and sacred order.
This verse is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse; the sanctity of Kāśī frames the teaching even without naming a particular tirtha.
Dīkṣā (ritual consecration/initiation) is referenced as a prerequisite marker of ritual readiness.