Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
पूर्वं स्त्रियः सुरैर्भुक्ताः सोमगंधर्व वह्निभिः । भुंजते मानुषाः पश्चान्नैतादुष्यं ति केनचित्
pūrvaṃ striyaḥ surairbhuktāḥ somagaṃdharva vahnibhiḥ | bhuṃjate mānuṣāḥ paścānnaitāduṣyaṃ ti kenacit
پہلے دیوتاؤں—سوم، گندھرو اور اگنی—نے عورتوں کو روحانی طور پر پیش تر اپنا حق بنایا؛ پھر انسان نکاح میں حصہ لیتے ہیں۔ اس لیے اس معاملے میں کسی پر بھی ناپاکی نہیں آتی۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: a sage expounds that Soma, Gandharvas, and Agni mystically precede human marriage, dissolving notions of impurity; subtle divine presences hover above a domestic wedding setting.
FAQs
It frames marriage-related purity as upheld by divine order, discouraging needless notions of defilement.
The teaching occurs within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing Kāśī’s dharma-framework rather than naming a single tirtha in this verse.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it provides a doctrinal rationale concerning purity in marital context.