Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
सुकन्यापि पतिं लब्ध्वा तपस्विनमनिन्दितम् । नित्यं पर्यचरत्प्रीत्या तपसा नियमेन च
sukanyāpi patiṃ labdhvā tapasvinamaninditam | nityaṃ paryacaratprītyā tapasā niyamena ca
സുകന്യയും കുറ്റമറ്റ തപസ്വിയായ ഭർത്താവിനെ ലഭിച്ച ശേഷം, പ്രേമത്തോടെ നിത്യവും അദ്ദേഹത്തെ സേവിച്ചു—തപസ്സും നിയമാനുഷ്ഠാനവുംകൊണ്ട്.
Īśvara (narrator voice within the Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Sukanyā in a hermitage setting, modestly adorned, serving the aged sage Cyavana—offering water, arranging kusa grass, tending the austerity-space; the mood is quiet devotion and disciplined routine.
FAQs
Loving service joined with niyama and tapas purifies life; dharma is sustained through daily disciplined devotion.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching Māhātmya setting; this verse highlights dharmic conduct arising within that sacred narrative.
Niyama and tapas are indicated as disciplines; no specific vrata, snāna, or dāna is named in this verse.