नैवांगोद्वर्त्तनं कार्य्यं स्त्रिया विधवया क्वचित् । गन्धद्रव्यस्य संभोगो नैव कार्य्यस्तया क्वचित्
naivāṃgodvarttanaṃ kāryyaṃ striyā vidhavayā kvacit | gandhadravyasya saṃbhogo naiva kāryyastayā kvacit
لا ينبغي للمرأة الأرملة أن تدهن أطرافها أو تدلّكها في أي وقت، ولا أن تتعاطى العطور والموادّ الزكية في أي حين.
Unknown (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic teacher-voice)
Scene: A restrained portrait: widowed woman in plain attire, no perfumes or anointing, seated near a small lamp and prayer beads, conveying austerity and inwardness.
The verse frames restraint from adornment and sensual comforts as a form of disciplined dharma in a specific life-condition.
No tīrtha is named; it is a conduct rule (niyama) within the Dharmāraṇya section.
It prescribes abstentions: no aṅgodvartana (body anointing/rubbing) and no use of fragrant substances (gandha-dravya).