Shloka 166

Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth

Devanagari script

निर्धनो दुर्भगो मूर्खः सर्वलक्षणवर्जितः दैवतं परमं नार्याः पतिरुक्तः सदैव हि //

Transliteration

nirdhano durbhago mūrkhaḥ sarvalakṣaṇavarjitaḥ daivataṃ paramaṃ nāryāḥ patiruktaḥ sadaiva hi //

Translation

Even if a man is poor, ill-fated, foolish, and devoid of all auspicious marks, for a woman the husband is ever declared to be the supreme divinity.