Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
शक्रोमि पापिनो देव मन्नियोगेऽन्यमादिश । जगदाधारूपा हि त्वयेशोक्ताः पतिव्रताः
śakromi pāpino deva manniyoge'nyamādiśa | jagadādhārūpā hi tvayeśoktāḥ pativratāḥ
«ឱ ព្រះទេវៈ ខ្ញុំមិនអាចដោះស្រាយមនុស្សបាបនេះបានទេ; សូមព្រះអង្គបញ្ជាអ្នកដទៃក្រោមអំណាចខ្ញុំ។ ព្រោះស្ត្រីបតិវ្រតា ដែលព្រះអង្គបានប្រកាស ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់ គឺជាគ្រឹះទ្រទ្រង់លោក»។
Yama
Listener: Śiva
Scene: Yama petitions Śiva: ‘I cannot handle this sinner; appoint another.’ He then praises pativratā women as the world’s support—visualized as luminous women standing like protective pillars behind the cosmic order.
FAQs
Pativratā-dharma is portrayed as a pillar of social and cosmic order; violating it destabilizes the world and demands higher divine intervention.
No specific site is mentioned; the verse praises the dharmic principle of pativratā as world-supporting.
None; it is doctrinal praise of pativratā-dharma and a request for administrative action.