Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
दाराग्निहोत्रसंयोगं कुरुते योऽग्रजे स्थिते । परिवेत्ता स विज्ञेयः परिवित्तिस्तु पूर्वजः
dārāgnihotrasaṃyogaṃ kurute yo'graje sthite | parivettā sa vijñeyaḥ parivittistu pūrvajaḥ
மூத்த சகோதரன் திருமணம் ஆகாமல் இருக்க, யார் திருமணம் செய்து இல்லற அக்னி-ஹோத்திரச் சேர்க்கையை ஏற்கிறாரோ, அவர் ‘பரிவேத்தா’ எனப்படுகிறார்; முன்னிருந்த மூத்தவர் ‘பரிவித்தி’ என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார்।
Unspecified (standard dharma definition within the Purāṇic discourse)
Listener: dvija/gṛhastha audience
Scene: Two brothers near a domestic fire-altar: the younger performs marriage/fire-rite gestures while the elder stands aside, unwed, with a subdued expression; labels implied by posture—actor (parivettā) and the left-behind (parivitti).
FAQs
Household dharma values harmony and order within the family; stepping ahead of elders is treated as a significant ethical-social act.
None; the verse defines household-status terms in dharma.
It references undertaking agnihotra as part of gṛhastha life, while defining the social-dharmic terms for marrying before an elder brother.