Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
परलोकस्त्वयं लोको जीयते भार्यया द्वयम् । देवपित्रतिथीज्यादि नाभार्यः कर्म चार्हति
paralokastvayaṃ loko jīyate bhāryayā dvayam | devapitratithījyādi nābhāryaḥ karma cārhati
И этот мир, и мир иной поистине обретаются через супругу. Без жены человек не достоин совершать обряды — почитание девов, приношения предкам и уважение к гостям.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A gṛhastha couple performs threefold duties: offering flowers to a deity, making a pitṛ-offering near water, and welcoming a guest with food—showing that rites are complete through the wife’s partnership.
FAQs
Householder life is a dharmic institution: worldly welfare and otherworldly merit are linked to righteous domestic order.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting, though the verse itself focuses on gṛhastha-ritual dharma rather than a named tirtha.
It references deva-worship, pitṛ-offerings, and atithi-honor as key household rites (ijyā-ādi).