Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
सूत उवाच । पतिव्रता गृहे यस्य सफलं तस्य जीवनम् । यस्यांगच्छायया तुल्या यत्कथा पुण्यकारिणी
sūta uvāca | pativratā gṛhe yasya saphalaṃ tasya jīvanam | yasyāṃgacchāyayā tulyā yatkathā puṇyakāriṇī
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ആരുടെ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ പതിവ്രത വസിക്കുന്നുവോ, അവന്റെ ജീവിതം സഫലമാകുന്നു. അവളുടെ സാന്നിധ്യം രക്ഷകമായ നിഴലുപോലെ; അവളുടെ കഥാകീർത്തനം പുണ്യകാരണമാകുന്നു.
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the assembled ṛṣis
Scene: A luminous household scene: a virtuous wife stands like a protective shade over the family; the home appears serene and blessed; sages or listeners recount her story, radiating merit.
FAQs
A dharmic household is sanctified by virtue, and even hearing or recounting such virtue generates puṇya.
No named tīrtha appears; the ‘mahatmya’ emphasis is on the sanctifying power of virtue within the home.
Kathā-śravaṇa/kīrtana (hearing and narrating edifying accounts) is implied as a merit-producing practice.