Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
एषामन्यतमः कार्यो गृहस्थेन विपश्चिता । पूर्वपूर्वः सुतः श्रेयान्हीनःस्यादुत्तरोत्तरः
eṣāmanyatamaḥ kāryo gṛhasthena vipaścitā | pūrvapūrvaḥ sutaḥ śreyānhīnaḥsyāduttarottaraḥ
एषां पुत्रप्रकाराणामन्यतमं विपश्चिता गृहस्थेन पुत्रत्वेन स्थापनीयम्। पूर्वोक्तः पूर्वः पुत्रः श्रेष्ठः, उत्तरः उत्तरः क्रमशो हीनतरः स्यात्॥
Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned householder seated with palm-leaf manuscripts, consulting elders/ācāryas about dharmic son-establishment; background hints of Kāśī ghāṭas and a small household shrine.
FAQs
Household dharma is to be carried responsibly; traditions rank options for lineage continuity and encourage the most dharmically sound choice.
None directly; the verse is normative dharma guidance within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame.
No specific rite; it advises selecting an appropriate form of sonship for sustaining obligations such as ancestral offerings.