Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
इदमेव व्रतं स्त्रीणामयमेव परो वृषः । इयमेव च पूजा च भर्तुर्वाक्यं न लंघयेत्
idameva vrataṃ strīṇāmayameva paro vṛṣaḥ | iyameva ca pūjā ca bharturvākyaṃ na laṃghayet
സ്ത്രീകൾക്ക് ഇതുതന്നെ വ്രതം, ഇതുതന്നെ പരമധർമ്മം; ഇതുതന്നെ പൂജയും—ഭർത്താവിന്റെ വാക്ക് ഒരിക്കലും ലംഘിക്കരുത്।
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; didactic instruction in context)
Scene: A pativratā woman offering a lamp/flowers at a small household shrine, while also respectfully receiving her husband’s instruction—visual equivalence of obedience/service and worship; dharma personified as a subtle aura.
FAQs
The text frames marital fidelity and honoring one’s spouse’s guidance as a central vrata and a form of worship within household dharma.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
A vrata-like discipline: not violating the husband’s instruction (vākyānuvartanam).