Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
उद्वाहितानां पत्नीनां ये न कुर्वन्ति सेवनम् । या निष्ठा जायते तेषां तां शृणुष्व नरोत्तम
udvāhitānāṃ patnīnāṃ ye na kurvanti sevanam | yā niṣṭhā jāyate teṣāṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva narottama
Những ai không chăm lo và gần gũi các người vợ đã cưới đúng phép—hãy nghe ta, hỡi bậc nam tử ưu tú, về hậu quả chắc chắn phát sinh nơi họ.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā-mahātmya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naroत्तम (the addressed interlocutor; likely the same ‘Bhārata’ of the frame)
Scene: The sage pauses after the Soma example and turns to direct instruction: a didactic moment—teacher addressing an attentive noble, emphasizing inevitable consequence for neglect.
FAQs
Householder duties are part of dharma; neglecting them is portrayed as spiritually and karmically consequential.
Not directly; the verse is part of the lead-up narrative to Somatīrtha (Candrahāsa) māhātmya.
No ritual; it announces an ethical teaching about proper marital conduct and its outcomes.