Shloka 56
पार्वत्याः यात्रासंस्कारः तथा पातिव्रत्योपदेशः / Preparations for Girijā’s Auspicious Journey and the Teaching on Pātivratya
दृष्टिम्विलुप्य भर्त्तुर्या कश्चिदन्यं समीक्षते । काणा च विमुखी चापि कुरूपापि च जायते
dṛṣṭimvilupya bhartturyā kaścidanyaṃ samīkṣate | kāṇā ca vimukhī cāpi kurūpāpi ca jāyate
If a woman, turning away from her husband, casts her gaze upon another man, she loses the rightness of her sight; she may become one-eyed, her face may turn away (crooked), and she may even become ill-formed in appearance.
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Purāṇic teaching within the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
FAQs
It teaches indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses) and grihastha-dharma: fidelity and purity of intention protect inner clarity, while disordered desire leads to spiritual and psychological decline, portrayed as bodily affliction.
In Shaiva practice, devotion to Saguna Shiva (as the Linga) steadies the mind and redirects desire toward the Pati (Shiva) as the supreme refuge; moral discipline becomes a support for bhakti and for the purity required in Linga-worship.
A practical takeaway is vrata-like restraint with japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"), along with mental purity before worship—using bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and focused remembrance of Shiva to guard the gaze and the mind.