Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
तस्यैका चाभवत्पत्नी प्राणेभ्योऽपि गरीयसी । पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा पतिप्रियहिते रता
tasyaikā cābhavatpatnī prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī | pativratā patiprāṇā patipriyahite ratā
اس کی ایک ہی بیوی تھی جو اسے جان سے بھی زیادہ عزیز تھی؛ پتی ورتا، جس کی جان اس کا شوہر تھا، اور جو ہمیشہ شوہر کی خوشی اور بھلائی میں مشغول رہتی تھی۔
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: Inside a brāhmaṇa home: the wife depicted as composed and devoted, attending to her husband’s needs with reverence; symbols of household ritual—lamp, water-pot, sacred thread, and offerings.
FAQs
The Purāṇic ideal of gṛhastha-dharma is shown through loyalty, mutual welfare, and steadfast marital virtue.
Indirectly the tīrtha-region of Adhyāya 124, by presenting exemplary lives connected to its narrative.
None; it describes the ethical quality of pativratā-dharma.