Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
अधर्म्याद्धर्म्मरहिता मंदभाग्यधनायुषः । कृतकालाभिगमने धर्मोयं गृहिणः परः
adharmyāddharmmarahitā maṃdabhāgyadhanāyuṣaḥ | kṛtakālābhigamane dharmoyaṃ gṛhiṇaḥ paraḥ
ناحق اور اَدھارمک ملاپ سے ایسی اولاد پیدا ہوتی ہے جو دھرم سے خالی ہوتی ہے—بخت، مال اور عمر میں کمزور۔ اس لیے گِرہستھ کا اعلیٰ ترین فرض یہی ہے کہ وہ صرف مناسب وقت پر اپنی بیوی کے پاس جائے۔
Sūta (deduced, Brāhma Khaṇḍa dharma-narration context)
Scene: A householder restrains himself, turning from impulse toward a household shrine and calendar/pañcāṅga, honoring proper time; shadowy figures symbolize adharma’s consequences on offspring’s vitality.
FAQs
Self-restraint and timing aligned with dharma are portrayed as essential to the moral and spiritual health of family life.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a normative dharma instruction within Dharmāraṇya.
The prescription is ṛtukāla-abhigamana—marital approach at the proper/appointed time—as a key gṛhastha duty.