Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
पुत्रहीना च या नारी काकवन्ध्या च या भवेत् । विधवा या करोत्येतद्व्रतमेवं समाहिता । तस्यास्तुष्टो जगन्नाथः कायशुद्धिं प्रयच्छति
putrahīnā ca yā nārī kākavandhyā ca yā bhavet | vidhavā yā karotyetadvratamevaṃ samāhitā | tasyāstuṣṭo jagannāthaḥ kāyaśuddhiṃ prayacchati
男子の子を持たぬ女、あるいは「カー カ・ヴァンドゥヤー」（生き残る子が絶えた者）と呼ばれる女、また寡婦であっても—この誓戒を心を定めて恭しく修するなら—世の主ジャガンナータは彼女を喜び、身（および身を受けた生）の清浄を授け給う。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within the Jalaśāyī-upākhyāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A widowed or grieving woman, modestly dressed, performs the vow with focused devotion before Jagannātha/Nārāyaṇa; a soft aura of purification surrounds her body, signifying kāya-śuddhi.
FAQs
No social condition blocks grace: sincere vrata-observance invites the Lord’s compassion and purification.
The vow is praised within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya (Nāgara Khaṇḍa) setting.
Women in various life circumstances are explicitly included as eligible to perform the Aśūnyaśayana-vrata with samādhāna (focused intent).