जन्मर्क्षं मैथुनं मंत्रो गृहच्छिद्रं च वंचनम् । आयुर्धनापमानं स्त्री न प्रकाश्यानि सर्वथा
janmarkṣaṃ maithunaṃ maṃtro gṛhacchidraṃ ca vaṃcanam | āyurdhanāpamānaṃ strī na prakāśyāni sarvathā
Tuyệt đối chớ tiết lộ: sao sinh, việc giao hợp, thần chú của mình, chỗ sơ hở trong gia thất, mưu kế, tuổi thọ, của cải, nỗi nhục, và người vợ—đều không được phơi bày.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni / attentive interlocutor
Scene: A teacher-sage in Kāśī gestures in caution while a householder listens; symbolic motifs appear around them: a nakṣatra wheel (birth-star), a sealed mantra scroll, a guarded doorway (household vulnerabilities), a closed money pouch, and a veiled household figure—signifying confidentiality.
Dharma includes discretion: protecting sacred, personal, and household matters prevents harm and preserves spiritual power.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context, but the verse itself is ethical instruction rather than tīrtha-praise.
Mantra is singled out as something that must not be publicly disclosed, reflecting initiatory and ritual confidentiality.