Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
भार्या मूलं गृहस्थस्य भार्या मूलं सुखस्य च । भार्या धर्मफलायैव भार्या संतानवृद्धये
bhāryā mūlaṃ gṛhasthasya bhāryā mūlaṃ sukhasya ca | bhāryā dharmaphalāyaiva bhāryā saṃtānavṛddhaye
गृहस्थाश्रमाचा मूळ आधार पत्नी आहे, सुखाचाही मूळ आधार तीच आहे। धर्मफळप्राप्तीसाठी पत्नी आहे आणि संतानवृद्धीसाठीही पत्नीच आहे।
Unknown (contextual narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic teacher-voice)
Scene: A serene household scene: husband and wife as co-officiants, maintaining sacred fire, welcoming guests, and blessing children—symbolizing dharma and prosperity rooted in the wife.
FAQs
Household dharma is sustained through partnership; the wife is praised as foundational for dharma, well-being, and continuity of lineage.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is a general dharma statement within the Dharmāraṇya context.
None explicitly; it frames the theological basis of gṛhastha-dharma.