Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
यथाकथंचिदूढाऽथ पत्नी त्यक्तकुलाध्वगा । वृषलीपतिना तेन परदारापहारिणा
yathākathaṃcidūḍhā'tha patnī tyaktakulādhvagā | vṛṣalīpatinā tena paradārāpahāriṇā
پھر کسی نہ کسی طرح اس نے ایک بیوی اختیار کی—جو اپنے خاندان کے راستے اور رسم کو چھوڑ چکی تھی؛ اور وہ، ایک نچلی ذات عورت کا شوہر بن کر، دوسروں کی بیویوں کو چھیننے والا بن گیا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A morally compromised marriage scene: the man taking a wife with a sense of social rupture; shadowy figures hint at later adultery and deceit.
FAQs
It condemns social and moral transgression—especially violating marital boundaries—as a marker of adharma leading to downfall.
The chapter belongs to Kāśī’s sacred narrative framework, but this verse itself is a character-description rather than a tīrtha-praise.
No ritual is prescribed here; it is an ethical censure within a purāṇic narrative.