Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
सर्पिर्लव णहिंग्वादिक्षयेऽपि व पति व्रता । पतिं नास्तीति न ब्रूयादायसीषु न भोजयेत्
sarpirlava ṇahiṃgvādikṣaye'pi va pati vratā | patiṃ nāstīti na brūyādāyasīṣu na bhojayet
ទោះបីជាខ្លាញ់ប៊ឺ (ghee) អំបិល ហ៊ីង (asafoetida) និងរបស់ដូចគ្នាអស់ក៏ដោយ ភរិយាអ្នកស្មោះត្រង់ចំពោះព្រហ្មចរិយាស្វាមី មិនគួរនិយាយថា «គ្មានសម្រាប់ស្វាមីទេ» ហើយមិនគួរបម្រើអាហារដល់គាត់ក្នុងភាជន៍ដែកឡើយ។
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; didactic instruction in context)
Scene: A simple kitchen scene: nearly empty jars of ghee/salt; wife serves modest food in a clean non-iron vessel with composed expression, emphasizing dignity amid scarcity.
FAQs
Dharma is maintained through careful speech and respectful service even in scarcity.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
Food-service etiquette: avoid discouraging speech about the husband’s provision and avoid feeding in an iron vessel.