Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
सुखसुप्तं सुखासीनं रममाणं यदृच्छया । आंतरेष्वपि कार्येषु पतिं नोत्थापयेत्क्वचित्
sukhasuptaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ ramamāṇaṃ yadṛcchayā | āṃtareṣvapi kāryeṣu patiṃ notthāpayetkvacit
اگر شوہر آرام سے سو رہا ہو، آسودگی سے بیٹھا ہو، یا اپنی مرضی سے خوشی میں مشغول ہو، تو درمیان کے کاموں کے لیے بھی اسے کبھی نہ جگائے۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A quiet chamber: husband resting on a low cot, wife moving softly with a lamp, postponing chores; the atmosphere is serene, with Kāśī’s night stillness implied.
FAQs
Consideration and gentleness—service is expressed through protecting another’s peace and avoiding needless disturbance.
The instruction belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma portion; it indirectly supports the mahatmya by prescribing sanctified domestic conduct in Kāśī.
No specific rite; it is a behavioral niyama (conduct rule) about not waking the husband.