Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
देवतानां मनुष्याणां पित्ःणामनृणो भवे । न भार्यासदृशो बन्धुस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते
devatānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ pitḥṇāmanṛṇo bhave | na bhāryāsadṛśo bandhustriṣu lokeṣu vidyate
وبمثل هذا السلوك القويم يصير المرء بريئًا من الدَّين للآلهة وللبشر وللآباء الأسلاف؛ إذ لا يوجد في العوالم الثلاثة قريبٌ يُضاهي الزوجة.
Atri (continued discourse to his wife)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: The addressed woman / household context
Scene: Didactic utterance on the three debts and the incomparable bond of wifehood; can be visualized as a household-sacrifice scene where the wife assists in rites.
FAQs
It upholds gṛhastha-dharma: fulfilling duties to devas, society, and ancestors, while honoring the wife as the foremost companion in dharma.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; the chapter belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) context.
The verse alludes to fulfilling the three obligations (to devas, humans, and pitṛs), typically met through worship, hospitality/charity, and ancestral rites.