Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
याऽनुगच्छति भर्तारं मृतं सुतपसा द्विज । साध्वी सा हि परिज्ञेया तया चोद्ध्रियते कुलम्
yā'nugacchati bhartāraṃ mṛtaṃ sutapasā dvija | sādhvī sā hi parijñeyā tayā coddhriyate kulam
Wahai yang dua kali lahir, wanita yang dengan tapa dan kesetiaan suci mengikuti suaminya walaupun setelah suaminya wafat—dialah yang patut dikenal sebagai sādhvī yang sejati; dan oleh dirinya, keturunan keluarga diangkat dan dimuliakan.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice addressing a dvija)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (addressed)
Scene: A solemn cremation-ground edge or memorial setting: a widow in austere white, hands in añjali, performing intense tapas; ancestral figures or a luminous family-tree motif rises upward, symbolizing kula-uddhāra.
FAQs
Steadfast virtue (tapas rooted in fidelity) is praised as spiritually powerful and beneficial to one’s lineage.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it is a dharmic teaching embedded within a pilgrimage-mahātmya chapter.
No explicit ritual is described; the verse extols tapas (austerity/discipline) as the operative spiritual force.