Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94
वज्रांग उवाच । केन तेऽपकृतं भीरु वर्तंत्यास्तपसि स्वके । कथं रोदिषि वा बाले मयि जीवति भर्तरि । कं वा कामं प्रयच्छामि शीघ्रं प्रब्रूहि भामिनि
vajrāṃga uvāca | kena te'pakṛtaṃ bhīru vartaṃtyāstapasi svake | kathaṃ rodiṣi vā bāle mayi jīvati bhartari | kaṃ vā kāmaṃ prayacchāmi śīghraṃ prabrūhi bhāmini
Vajrāṅga berkata: “Wahai yang pemalu dan gentar, siapa telah berbuat jahat kepadamu saat engkau menjalani tapa di tempatmu? Wahai gadis, mengapa engkau menangis selagi aku—suamimu—masih hidup? Wahai yang bergejolak hati, cepat katakan: keinginan apa yang harus kupenuhi bagimu?”
Vajrāṅga
Scene: Vajrāṅga stands before his weeping wife, voice firm yet gentle; one hand in reassurance, the other indicating readiness to act; the wife remains partly veiled by foliage, tears on her cheeks; the forest frames a charged moment of protection and promise.
FAQs
Householder-dharma includes protection, reassurance, and readiness to remedy a spouse’s suffering through righteous action.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse; it is part of a character dialogue.
None directly; tapas (austerity) is mentioned as the wife’s state, not as a formal prescription here.