Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
जने तु रसगोत्राया मातुर्याप्यसपिंडका । दारकर्मणि योग्या सा द्विजानां धर्मवृद्धये
jane tu rasagotrāyā māturyāpyasapiṃḍakā | dārakarmaṇi yogyā sā dvijānāṃ dharmavṛddhaye
జన్మతః కన్య అదే గోత్రపరంపరలోనిదైనా, మాతృపక్షమున సపిండ బంధం లేకపోతే ఆమె వివాహకర్మకు యోగ్యురాలిగా భావింపబడుతుంది—ద్విజుల ధర్మం గృహకర్మల ద్వారా వృద్ధి చెందుటకై।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dharma-teaching scene in Kāśī: a learned elder instructs a dvija family about marriage eligibility, with palm-leaf manuscripts, sacred thread, and a calm domestic-ritual setting near a ghat.
FAQs
Household dharma should be protected by observing proper kinship and eligibility rules in marriage.
The verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework (Kāśī/Varanasi), though this specific line focuses on gṛhastha-dharma rather than a single tirtha.
It frames marriage (dārakarma) as a dharmic rite whose correctness supports the performance of household religious duties.