Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 42
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
पत्नी च ते कुशलीनी यत एवाऽनुतिष्ठति ।
पृच्छाम्यस्यास्ततो नाहं कुशल्योऽपरास्तव ॥
patnī ca te kuśalinī yata evānutiṣṭhati /
pṛcchāmy asyās tato nāhaṃ kuśalinyo 'parās tava //
Et ton épouse va-t-elle bien — elle par qui l’ordre de la maison se maintient ? C’est pourquoi je m’enquiers d’elle ; je ne m’enquiers pas de la même manière de tes autres bienveillants (ou d’autres femmes).
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FAQs
The queen is presented as the stabilizing agent of household and royal life—an explicit acknowledgment of the patnī’s dharmic centrality (she ‘anutiṣṭhati’ the order).
Ethical-social dharma within narrative (ācāra-kathā), not pañcalakṣaṇa.
In purāṇic symbolism, ‘patnī’ can stand for śrī/fortune and continuity of dharma; asking after her indicates concern for the kingdom’s unseen sustaining principle.