Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27
भर्तृविद्वेषिणीं नारीं नैषा संभाषते क्वचित् । नैकाकिनी क्वचिद्भूयान्न नग्ना स्नाति च क्वचित्
bhartṛvidveṣiṇīṃ nārīṃ naiṣā saṃbhāṣate kvacit | naikākinī kvacidbhūyānna nagnā snāti ca kvacit
ही स्त्री पतीचा द्वेष करणाऱ्या स्त्रीशी कधीही संभाषण करत नाही। ती कुठेही एकटी राहू नये; आणि कुठेही नग्न होऊन स्नान करू नये।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa context implied)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a Kāśī ghat, a woman approaches the river with companions, modestly draped, ignoring a quarrelsome figure spreading contempt; temple bells ring as she performs respectful snāna.
FAQs
It teaches protective discipline—avoiding corrosive influence and maintaining modesty—as part of dharma.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred frame, though no particular ghāṭa or tīrtha is named in this verse.
It mentions bathing conduct (modesty), but not a specific snāna-vidhi tied to a named tīrtha.