Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
पतिव्रतापि तेनैव सह कांतेन सुन्दरी । सेवयामास कल्याणी स्मरसौख्यमनुत्तमम्
pativratāpi tenaiva saha kāṃtena sundarī | sevayāmāsa kalyāṇī smarasaukhyamanuttamam
ആ കല്യാണിയായ സുന്ദരി പതിവ്രത, അതേ പ്രിയകാന്തനോടൊപ്പം അനുത്തമ ദാമ്പത്യസുഖം അനുഭവിച്ചു।
Narrator (storytelling voice within the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dīrghikā
Type: kund
Scene: A serene domestic tableau: the faithful wife and her beloved husband together, their faces calm and content; the sacred pond’s blessing is felt as harmony and joy rather than spectacle.
FAQs
Householder happiness is portrayed as dharmically grounded—supported by fidelity (pativratā-dharma) and sacred merit.
Indirectly, the Dīrghikā tīrtha whose narrative frames the couple’s blessed life.
No direct ritual is stated here; it continues the narrative result (phala) of prior tīrtha practices.