Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
यदायदा च पत्या मे संगः स्याद्धृत्सुखेच्छया । तदातदा च तं देहं त्यक्त्वान्यं देहमाप्नुयाम्
yadāyadā ca patyā me saṃgaḥ syāddhṛtsukhecchayā | tadātadā ca taṃ dehaṃ tyaktvānyaṃ dehamāpnuyām
Tuwing, dahil sa pananabik ng puso sa ligaya, magkakaroon ako ng pagsasama sa aking asawa, sa tuwing iyon nawa’y iwan ko ang katawang iyon at magtamo ng ibang katawan, upang laging sariwa ang aming pag-iisa.
Pulomā’s daughter (Paulomī)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/devotees
Scene: A symbolic scene: the couple’s union framed by a metaphysical motif of shedding and assuming bodies, like a serpent changing skin, under Śiva’s witnessing presence in Kāśī.
FAQs
It reflects the puranic idea that intense saṅkalpa can shape future embodiment, though dharma ultimately seeks desire’s purification.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa tradition, where vows tied to Kāśī are portrayed as especially efficacious.
No specific rite is named here; it is part of a sequence of requested boons preceding the vrata-instruction.