Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
अनुव्रजति भर्तारं गृहात्पितृवनं मुदा । पदेपदेऽश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम
anuvrajati bhartāraṃ gṛhātpitṛvanaṃ mudā | padepade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayama
She who joyfully follows her husband from the home to the ancestral grove (pitṛvana) gains—at every step—merit equal to that of the Aśvamedha sacrifice, without doubt.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pitṛvana (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣis/seekers)
Scene: A devoted wife, smiling, follows her husband from their home toward a shaded ancestral grove with śrāddha implements; each footstep glows like a sacrificial offering.
FAQs
Joyful fidelity and supportive companionship in dharma is praised as generating immense merit.
The verse sits in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s devotional-dharma frame; this shloka specifically highlights the pitṛvana (ancestral sacred grove) rather than naming a separate tīrtha.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the act praised is accompanying one’s husband to the pitṛvana, framed as yielding Aśvamedha-like merit.