Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
गुणागुणविचार्येत्थं स वै विश्वानरो द्विजः । उद्ववाह विधानेन स्वोचितां कुलकन्यकाम्
guṇāguṇavicāryetthaṃ sa vai viśvānaro dvijaḥ | udvavāha vidhānena svocitāṃ kulakanyakām
இவ்வாறு குணம்-குற்றம் ஆராய்ந்து, அந்தத் த்விஜன் விஶ்வானரன் முறையான விதிகளின்படி தன் குலத்திற்குத் தகுந்த கன்னியைக் கல்யாணம் செய்தான்।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇa Viśvānara, after deliberation, performs a Vedic wedding with sacred fire, garlands, and elders witnessing; Kāśī’s temple skyline subtly behind.
FAQs
Householder life should begin through dharmic discernment and rite-bound conduct, not impulse.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Marriage is to be performed “vidhānena”—in accordance with prescribed Vedic/Smārta rites.