Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94
मोहात्समुपयच्छेत कुलहीनां न कन्यकाम् । हीनोपयमनाद्याति संतानमपि हीनताम्
mohātsamupayaccheta kulahīnāṃ na kanyakām | hīnopayamanādyāti saṃtānamapi hīnatām
فریبِ وہم میں پڑ کر کم نسب خاندان کی لڑکی سے نکاح نہ کرے؛ پستی میں کیا گیا رشتہ اولاد کو بھی پستی کی طرف لے جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa instruction)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: Skanda instructs Agastya on household discipline; behind them, a suggestion of ghāṭas and a temple spire, symbolizing that even in a tīrtha, dharma is guarded through right choices.
FAQs
Marriage is treated as a dharmic alliance; careless choices are said to affect the moral and social strength of future generations.
The instruction occurs within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, but it is not a direct tirtha-mahātmya verse.
A prohibition: do not enter a marriage alliance viewed as dharmically unsuitable due to family degradation.