Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18
भर्तुर्नाम न गृह्णाति ह्यायुषोऽस्य हि वृद्धये । पुरुषांतरनामापि न गृह्णति कदाचन
bharturnāma na gṛhṇāti hyāyuṣo'sya hi vṛddhaye | puruṣāṃtaranāmāpi na gṛhṇati kadācana
وہ اپنے شوہر کا نام زبان پر نہیں لاتی، کیونکہ کہا جاتا ہے کہ اس سے اس کی عمر بڑھتی ہے۔ اور وہ کبھی کسی دوسرے مرد کا نام بھی نہیں لیتی۔
Sūta
Scene: A domestic scene where the wife addresses her husband with respectful epithets rather than his name; a subtle visual motif of a protective thread/halo around the husband symbolizing increased longevity through auspicious restraint.
FAQs
Speech-discipline is treated as dharma: restraint and exclusivity in address symbolize fidelity and auspicious intent.
No tīrtha is named; the verse is a behavioral marker within Dharmāraṇya’s dharma teaching.
A niyama is stated: refraining from uttering the husband’s name (for his longevity) and never invoking another man’s name.