Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
अमंगलेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो विधवा त्यक्तमंगला । विधवा दर्शनात्सिद्धिः क्वापि जातु न जायते
amaṃgalebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vidhavā tyaktamaṃgalā | vidhavā darśanātsiddhiḥ kvāpi jātu na jāyate
تمام نحوستوں میں بیوہ—جو سعادت سے محروم ہو—نحوست شمار کی جاتی ہے؛ محض بیوہ کو دیکھ لینے سے کہیں بھی کبھی کامیابی پیدا نہیں ہوتی، ایسا کہا گیا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A threshold scene before a ritual in Kāśī: participants pause, concerned with omens; the verse’s theme is conveyed through symbolic ‘maṅgala’ items (kalaśa, flowers) contrasted with anxious faces.
FAQs
It reflects a traditional omen-based worldview linking ‘maṅgala’ with household order, though it is more social-normative than devotional.
None directly; the verse belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative setting.
No ritual is prescribed; it states an omen-belief about darśana (seeing) and siddhi (success).