Shloka 61
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
नास्ति स्त्रीणां पृथग्यज्ञो न श्राद्धं नाप्युपोषितम् ।
भर्तृशुश्रूषयैवैतान् लोकानीष्टान् व्रजन्ति हि ॥
nāsti strīṇāṃ pṛthag-yajño na śrāddhaṃ nāpy upoṣitam | bhartṛ-śuśrūṣayaivaitān lokān iṣṭān vrajanti hi ||
Para as mulheres não há sacrifício separado, nem śrāddha, nem mesmo jejum como rito independente; pelo serviço ao esposo apenas, elas de fato vão aos mundos desejados.
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FAQs
The text asserts a model where a woman’s primary dharmic avenue is integrated into household devotion rather than independent ritual performance, promising equivalent spiritual destinations through that path.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa, but an applied ethics segment within the Purāṇic narrative framework.
It reframes ‘ritual’ as relationship: the sacred is relocated from public rite to daily attentive service, implying that intention and constancy can substitute for formal liturgy.