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
ວັດຊະຣາງຄະ ກ່າວວ່າ: "ໃຜຜູ້ໃດໄດ້ເຮັດຜິດກິດຕໍ່ເຈົ້າ, ໂອ້ ຜູ້ຂີ້ອາຍ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ເຈົ້າຢູ່ໃນການບຳເພັນຕົບະຂອງເຈົ້າ? ເປັນຫຍັງເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຮ້ອງໄຫ້, ເດັກນ້ອຍເອີຍ, ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຂ້ອຍ - ຜົວຂອງເຈົ້າ - ຍັງມີຊີວິດຢູ່? ຈົ່ງບອກຂ້ອຍໄວໆ, ໂອ້ ຜູ້ມີຄວາມປາຖະໜາ: ຂ້ອຍຈະມອບສິ່ງໃດໃຫ້ແກ່ເຈົ້າ?"
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.