Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
पत्न्युवाच । अभुक्ते त्वयि नो भुक्तं कदाचित्कांत वै मया । एकांतेऽपि महाभाग न सुप्तं जाग्रति त्वयि
patnyuvāca | abhukte tvayi no bhuktaṃ kadācitkāṃta vai mayā | ekāṃte'pi mahābhāga na suptaṃ jāgrati tvayi
ഭാര്യ പറഞ്ഞു—പ്രിയനേ, നീ ഭക്ഷിക്കാത്തപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ഒരിക്കലും ഭക്ഷിച്ചിട്ടില്ല. മഹാഭാഗനേ, ഏകാന്തത്തിലും നീ ജാഗരിതനായിരിക്കെ ഞാൻ ഒരിക്കലും നിദ്രിച്ചിട്ടില്ല.
Wife of the brāhmaṇa
Type: kshetra
Listener: kānta/nātha (husband)
Scene: A devoted wife addresses her husband in a sacred precinct, recalling her lifelong discipline: she never ate before him and never slept while he kept vigil; the atmosphere is intimate yet charged with impending separation.
FAQs
Marital dharma is portrayed as steadfast solidarity—sharing austerity, vigilance, and hardship as a single spiritual path.
The verse supports the pilgrimage narrative rather than naming a new site; it reinforces the dharmic mood surrounding the tīrtha-journey.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the wife describes a personal vow-like discipline of shared fasting and wakefulness.