Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
भर्ता सदानुयातव्यो देहवच्छायया स्त्रिया । चंद्रमा ज्योत्स्नया यद्वद्विद्युत्वान्विद्युता यथा
bhartā sadānuyātavyo dehavacchāyayā striyā | caṃdramā jyotsnayā yadvadvidyutvānvidyutā yathā
स्त्रिया भर्ता सदानुयातव्यः देहच्छायेव; यथा चन्द्रमा ज्योत्स्नया सह, तथा विद्युत्वान् विद्युता सह।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A poetic diptych: (1) woman and husband walking, her presence like a shadow; (2) moon with haloed moonlight over Gaṅgā; (3) monsoon cloud with lightning and its flash—three metaphors in one composition.
FAQs
It teaches steadfast companionship through vivid similes, portraying loyalty as natural and continuous.
No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma discourse.
None; it is an instruction in conduct expressed through poetic comparison (upamā).