Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
अत्र यः स्त्रीजनः कश्चिद्भर्तृशुश्रूषणे रतः । नान्यो देवो न वै धर्मो ज्ञायते शैलनन्दिनि
atra yaḥ strījanaḥ kaścidbhartṛśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ | nānyo devo na vai dharmo jñāyate śailanandini
یہاں جو بھی عورت اپنے شوہر کی خدمت میں رَت ہے—اے دخترِ کوہ—وہ نہ کسی اور دیوتا کو جانتی ہے نہ کسی اور دھرم کو؛ یہی اس کا ورت ہے۔
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Mahādāruvana
Type: kshetra
Scene: A domestic sacred scene within the forest-settlement: a devoted wife serving her husband—offering water/food, tending ritual items—while a small household shrine glows; the atmosphere is disciplined and reverent, not romanticized.
FAQs
Single-pointed fidelity to one’s chosen dharma-vow is portrayed as a powerful religious orientation within household life.
Mahādāruvana and its dhārmic community life, described as an exemplary sacred settlement in Revā Khaṇḍa.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse highlights a conduct-based vrata: devoted service within gṛhastha life.