Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26
अंतरायेऽपि कार्येषु पतिं नोत्थापयेत्क्वचित् । स्त्रीधर्मिणी त्रिरात्रं तु स्वमुखं नैव दर्शयेत्
aṃtarāye'pi kāryeṣu patiṃ notthāpayetkvacit | strīdharmiṇī trirātraṃ tu svamukhaṃ naiva darśayet
കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ തടസ്സം വന്നാലും അവൾ ഒരിക്കലും ഭർത്താവിനെ ഉണർത്തരുത്. സ്ത്രീധർമ്മനിയമം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ മൂന്ന് രാത്രികൾ തന്റെ മുഖം കാണിക്കരുത്.
Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (didactic instruction on strī-dharma; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: Night-time interior: husband asleep; woman quietly manages household tasks without waking him; later, she remains veiled/behind a screen for three nights as part of restraint.
FAQs
Consideration, restraint, and disciplined observance are presented as forms of dharma within household life.
No sacred site is mentioned.
A vrata-like restraint is implied: “three nights” (tri-rātra) during which she does not show her face.