Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
यथा जलाच्च जंबालः कृष्यते धार्मिकैर्नृभिः । एवमुद्धरते साध्वी भर्त्तारं याऽनुग च्छति
yathā jalācca jaṃbālaḥ kṛṣyate dhārmikairnṛbhiḥ | evamuddharate sādhvī bharttāraṃ yā'nuga cchati
ധർമ്മനിഷ്ഠരായ പുരുഷന്മാർ വെള്ളത്തിൽ നിന്നു ചെളിയെ ഉയർത്തി എടുക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, ഭർത്താവിനെ അനുസരിക്കുന്ന പതിവ്രതയായ സാധ്വി തന്റെ ഭർത്താവിനെ ഉദ്ധരിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A riverside tīrtha: a righteous man draws mud from clear water while beside him a devoted wife supports her husband, symbolically lifting him from moral impurity; pilgrims and a small shrine in the background.
FAQs
Virtue is portrayed as a rescuing power: steadfast righteousness can ‘raise’ another from a fallen state.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral-illustrative statement within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow.
None; the verse uses a simile to praise dharmic fidelity rather than prescribing a rite.