Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
सूत उवाच । पतिव्रता गृहे यस्य सफलं तस्य जीवनम् । यस्यांगच्छायया तुल्या यत्कथा पुण्यकारिणी
sūta uvāca | pativratā gṛhe yasya saphalaṃ tasya jīvanam | yasyāṃgacchāyayā tulyā yatkathā puṇyakāriṇī
سوت نے کہا: “جس کے گھر پتی ورتا رہتی ہے، اس کی زندگی کامیاب ہو جاتی ہے۔ اس کی موجودگی محافظ سایہ کے مانند ہے، اور اس کی کتھا کا بیان کرنا بھی پُنّیہ کا سبب بنتا ہے۔”
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the assembled ṛṣis
Scene: A luminous household scene: a virtuous wife stands like a protective shade over the family; the home appears serene and blessed; sages or listeners recount her story, radiating merit.
FAQs
A dharmic household is sanctified by virtue, and even hearing or recounting such virtue generates puṇya.
No named tīrtha appears; the ‘mahatmya’ emphasis is on the sanctifying power of virtue within the home.
Kathā-śravaṇa/kīrtana (hearing and narrating edifying accounts) is implied as a merit-producing practice.