Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
अनेनैव शरीरेण भर्तृसाद्विहितेन हि । किं सती न च तस्तंभ भानुमुद्यंतमाज्ञया
anenaiva śarīreṇa bhartṛsādvihitena hi | kiṃ satī na ca tastaṃbha bhānumudyaṃtamājñayā
ഭർത്തൃദുഃഖം മൂലം ക്ഷീണമായ ഈ ശരീരത്താലേ ആ സതി തന്റെ ആജ്ഞയാൽ ഉദയിക്കുന്ന സൂര്യനെയും തടഞ്ഞില്ലയോ?
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage/audience in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa dialogue frame
Scene: A chaste woman, physically weakened by her husband’s suffering, stands resolute at dawn; the rising Sun is visually ‘halted’ in the sky by the force of her command, while the husband lies afflicted nearby.
FAQs
Pativratā-dharma (steadfast marital virtue) is portrayed as spiritually potent—capable of transforming even cosmic order when rooted in dharma.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself emphasizes dharma through exempla rather than naming a single tirtha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights the moral-spiritual power of chastity and dharmic resolve.