Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47
रूपं कुष्ठरुजाविष्टं कुलं नश्यति कुस्त्रिया । इति सर्वे समालोच्य समेताः पतिसोदराः
rūpaṃ kuṣṭharujāviṣṭaṃ kulaṃ naśyati kustriyā | iti sarve samālocya sametāḥ patisodarāḥ
रूपं कुष्ठरुजाविष्टं भवति, कुलं कुस्त्रिया नश्यति—इति सर्वे समालोच्य पतिसोदराः समेताः।
Narrator (context not explicit in excerpt; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A council of the husband’s brothers, faces stern and troubled, discussing ominous consequences—leprosy as a symbolic specter and the shadow of family ruin looming.
FAQs
Household dharma is portrayed as fragile: unethical conduct within the home is said to bring suffering and ruin to the lineage.
None is mentioned; the verse is part of a moral-narrative sequence.
None; it describes deliberation and social consequence, not a ritual.