Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
पत्यौ मृते च यायोषिद्वैधव्यं पालयेत्क्वचित् । सा पुनः प्राप्य भर्तारं स्वर्गभोगान्समश्नुते
patyau mṛte ca yāyoṣidvaidhavyaṃ pālayetkvacit | sā punaḥ prāpya bhartāraṃ svargabhogānsamaśnute
Quand l’époux est mort, la femme qui préserve fidèlement l’état de veuve le retrouve de nouveau et jouit des délices du ciel.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A widow in white/simple attire performs lamp-offering and japa near a Kāśī shrine; above, a luminous svarga scene shows her reunited with her husband, both adorned with fresh garlands, seated in a celestial garden.
FAQs
Steadfast adherence to one’s dharma is presented as generating enduring merit that bears fruit beyond death.
The setting remains Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on afterlife merit rather than a named tirtha.
It mentions the observance of vaidhavya (widowhood discipline) as a dharmic practice.