Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 139
कन्योवाच । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षान्स्त्री चतुरोऽपि चतसृभिः । वह्निप्रदक्षिणाभिस्तान्विवाहेऽपि प्रदर्शयेत्
kanyovāca | dharmārthakāmamokṣānstrī caturo'pi catasṛbhiḥ | vahnipradakṣiṇābhistānvivāhe'pi pradarśayet
หญิงสาวกล่าวว่า: “สตรีด้วยการเวียนประทักษิณรอบไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์สี่รอบ ย่อมแสดงแม้ในพิธีสมรสถึงเป้าหมายทั้งสี่—ธรรมะ อรรถะ กามะ และโมกษะ”
Kanyā (the maiden)
Listener: Muni
Scene: A maiden responds confidently, pointing toward a wedding fire; the couple circumambulates Agni, with elders and priests witnessing, suggesting the four aims embodied in the rite.
FAQs
Even worldly rites like marriage can be framed as dharmic disciplines pointing to the full spectrum of human aims, including liberation.
This verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but no single tīrtha is explicitly named in the shloka itself.
Circumambulation (pradakṣiṇā) of the sacred fire (vahni/agni) as part of the marriage rite.
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