Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
पुत्रपौत्रवधूभिश्च भृत्यवर्गयुतस्य च । पत्नीहीनानि नो रेजुर्गृहाणि गृहमेधिनाम्
putrapautravadhūbhiśca bhṛtyavargayutasya ca | patnīhīnāni no rejurgṛhāṇi gṛhamedhinām
بیٹوں، پوتوں، بہوؤں اور خادموں کے ہجوم سے بھرا ہوا بھی ہو، تو بھی گِرہستھ کا گھر بیوی کے بغیر رونق نہیں پاتا۔
Sūta (narrative voice expressing gṛhastha perspective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A large household scene: sons, grandsons, daughters-in-law, and servants present, yet the central space feels empty—an unlit lamp or vacant seat symbolizing the absent wife.
FAQs
In gṛhastha-dharma, the spouse is central to auspicious life and religious duty; prosperity without that dharmic companionship is portrayed as incomplete.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a dharma-centered reflection on household life.