Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
स्त्र्युवाच । पतिव्रताहं विप्रेन्द्राः सदा भर्तृपरायणा । किं रूपेण करिष्यामि विना पत्या निजेन च
stryuvāca | pativratāhaṃ viprendrāḥ sadā bhartṛparāyaṇā | kiṃ rūpeṇa kariṣyāmi vinā patyā nijena ca
স্ত্ৰীয়ে ক’লে— “হে বিপ্ৰেন্দ্ৰসকল, মই পতিব্ৰতা, সদায় ভৰ্ত্তাত পৰায়ণা। নিজৰ পতি নাথ নাথাকিলে এই ৰূপে মই কি কৰিম?”
Strī (pativratā wife)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpottama
Scene: The woman replies to the sages with unwavering gaze, hands in a firm gesture of resolve, declaring herself pativratā; firelight outlines her silhouette.
FAQs
For the speaker, devotion and duty define value more than external blessings; virtue is framed as relational fidelity.
The Arbuda Khaṇḍa tīrtha remains the backdrop, but the verse emphasizes dharma over geography.
None; it is a statement of vow (vrata) and life-orientation (parāyaṇatā).