Varaha Purana 137.168: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 168
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
पतिव्रतानां सर्वासामेष धर्मः सनातनः ॥ न संशये नियोक्तव्यः सुखस्थो हि पतिः स्त्रिया ॥
pativratānāṃ sarvāsām eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ || na saṃśaye niyoktavyaḥ sukhastho hi patiḥ striyā
जो औरतें अपने पति की पूजा करती हैं, उनके लिए यह हमेशा का नियम है। पति को शक नहीं करना चाहिए। औरत को अपने पति को खुश रखना है।
Varāha (instructor; default dialogue frame; normative statement)
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It preserves a prescriptive social-ethical register that overlaps with Dharma-śāstra discourse, useful for studying the history of household norms and gendered ethics in Purāṇic literature.
No geographic location is mentioned; the verse shifts from tīrtha discussion to household-ethics instruction.
It articulates an ideal of marital conduct framed as an ‘enduring norm,’ emphasizing the household’s stability through the avoidance of suspicion and the maintenance of domestic ease.
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