Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
तथा स्त्रीणां पतिं मुक्त्वा नान्यास्ति भुवि देवता । जनन्यां जीवमानायां तथैव च सुतस्य च
tathā strīṇāṃ patiṃ muktvā nānyāsti bhuvi devatā | jananyāṃ jīvamānāyāṃ tathaiva ca sutasya ca
அதேபோல் பெண்களுக்கு கணவரைத் தவிர பூமியில் வேறு தெய்வம் இல்லை. தாய் உயிருடன் இருக்கும் வரை மகனுக்கும் அதேபோல் (தாயே உயர்ந்தவர்).
Unspecified in snippet (didactic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: Parallel tableau: a devoted wife near her husband (as her ‘deity’) and a son revering his living mother; emphasis on service and hierarchy within dharma.
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It teaches reverence to the closest dharmic authority: the husband for a wife, and the living mother for a son.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma maxim within a pilgrimage-mahātmya setting.
None; the focus is relational dharma—pati-sevā and mātṛ-sevā.
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