Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 115
यत्ता भर्तृपराः साध्व्यस्तपस्विन्योग्निसंनिभाः । न बिभेति च किं ताभ्यः षड्भ्यः स्वाहाऽपराधिनी । भर्तृभक्त्या जगद्दग्धुं यतः शक्ताश्च ता मुने
yattā bhartṛparāḥ sādhvyastapasvinyognisaṃnibhāḥ | na bibheti ca kiṃ tābhyaḥ ṣaḍbhyaḥ svāhā'parādhinī | bhartṛbhaktyā jagaddagdhuṃ yataḥ śaktāśca tā mune
تلك النسوة مخلصاتٌ لأزواجهنّ—عفيفاتٌ زاهدات، متلألئاتٌ كالنار. يا أيها الحكيم، لِمَ لم تخشَ سْفَاهَا (Svāhā) الآثمةُ أولئك الستّ، وقدرتهنّ—ببرّ الزوجة ووفائها—أن يُحرقنَ العالم؟
Arjuna
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Arjuna describes the six wives as radiant ascetics, blazing like fire, whose wifely devotion could burn the world; the imagery is of contained, awe-inspiring spiritual heat.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray chastity and steadfast dharma (pativratā-bhāva) as a formidable spiritual force, capable of cosmic effects.
No specific sacred site is praised in this verse.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes tapas (austerity) and bhartṛbhakti (devotion) as sources of spiritual potency.