Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
इदमेव व्रतं स्त्रीणामयमेव परो वृषः । इयमेव च पूजा च भर्तुर्वाक्यं न लंघयेत्
idameva vrataṃ strīṇāmayameva paro vṛṣaḥ | iyameva ca pūjā ca bharturvākyaṃ na laṃghayet
یہی عورتوں کا ورت ہے، یہی اعلیٰ ترین دھرم ہے؛ یہی ان کی پوجا بھی ہے کہ وہ شوہر کے کلام کی نافرمانی نہ کرے۔
Unspecified (Dharmāraṇya narrative voice; didactic instruction in context)
Scene: A pativratā woman offering a lamp/flowers at a small household shrine, while also respectfully receiving her husband’s instruction—visual equivalence of obedience/service and worship; dharma personified as a subtle aura.
FAQs
The text frames marital fidelity and honoring one’s spouse’s guidance as a central vrata and a form of worship within household dharma.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
A vrata-like discipline: not violating the husband’s instruction (vākyānuvartanam).