Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
यत्र भार्या च भर्ता च परस्परविरोधिनौ । सह भूतैर्गृहं तस्य विश त्वं भयवर्ज्जिता
yatra bhāryā ca bhartā ca parasparavirodhinau | saha bhūtairgṛhaṃ tasya viśa tvaṃ bhayavarjjitā
यत्र भार्या च भर्ता च परस्परविरोधिनौ, तस्य गृहं सह भूतैः विश; त्वं भयवर्जिता।
Skanda (deduced; continuing the same spirit-addressed instruction sequence)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A house split by argument: husband and wife turned away from each other, harsh gestures; smoky shadows gather in corners as bhūtas enter together, emboldened by the discord.
FAQs
Household harmony is dharma; persistent marital hostility is portrayed as creating a space for destructive influences.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where right living is presented as the true way to dwell in a sanctified landscape.
No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is reconciliation and dharmic household conduct as spiritual safeguarding.
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