Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
स्व वृषं या परित्यज्य परवृषे वृषायते । वृषली सा हि विज्ञेया न शूद्री वृषली भवेत्
sva vṛṣaṃ yā parityajya paravṛṣe vṛṣāyate | vṛṣalī sā hi vijñeyā na śūdrī vṛṣalī bhavet
جو عورت اپنے شوہر کو چھوڑ کر دوسرے مرد سے تعلق قائم کرے وہ ‘وِرشلی’ کہلائے؛ محض پیدائش سے شُودر عورت وِرشلی نہیں ہوتی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: elders or a teacher instructs householders on dharma; a domestic threshold and sacred city backdrop suggest that pilgrimage includes ethical discipline.
FAQs
Moral designation here is grounded in conduct; fidelity and restraint uphold dharma, not mere social identity.
The larger discourse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa, but this verse itself is an ethical definition without a named tīrtha.
None directly; it clarifies a conduct-based category relevant to ritual/social purity discussions.