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
ਜੋ ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਵੈਰ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਸ ਨਾਲ ਇਹ ਕਦੇ ਗੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦੀ। ਨਾ ਉਹ ਕਿਤੇ ਇਕੱਲੀ ਰਹੇ; ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਕਿਤੇ ਨੰਗੀ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਇਸ਼ਨਾਨ ਕਰੇ।
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.
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