Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
भर्ता देवो गुरुर्भर्ता धर्म तीर्थ व्रतानि च । तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य पतिमेकं समर्चयेत
bhartā devo gururbhartā dharma tīrtha vratāni ca | tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayeta
তার কাছে স্বামীই দেব, স্বামীই গুরু; স্বামীই ধর্ম, তীর্থ ও ব্রত। অতএব সব ত্যাগ করে সে একমাত্র স্বামীরই যথাযথ আরাধনা করবে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A wife performs worship to her husband as if to a deity: offering flowers, lamp, and respectful salutations; behind them appear symbolic icons of dharma, tīrtha, and vrata merging into his figure.
FAQs
It elevates marital devotion as a comprehensive dharma, equating it with worship, pilgrimage, and vows.
Tīrtha is invoked as a concept; the chapter’s placement in Kāśī Khaṇḍa keeps Kāśī as the overarching sacred backdrop.
Samarcana (devotional honoring/worship) of the husband is prescribed as paramount.