Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
यथा जलाच्च जंबालः कृष्यते धार्मिकैर्नृभिः । एवमुद्धरते साध्वी भर्त्तारं याऽनुग च्छति
yathā jalācca jaṃbālaḥ kṛṣyate dhārmikairnṛbhiḥ | evamuddharate sādhvī bharttāraṃ yā'nuga cchati
Như những người công chính kéo bùn từ dưới nước lên, cũng vậy người vợ hiền đức nâng chồng lên—nàng là người theo chồng với lòng thủy chung không lay chuyển.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A riverside tīrtha: a righteous man draws mud from clear water while beside him a devoted wife supports her husband, symbolically lifting him from moral impurity; pilgrims and a small shrine in the background.
FAQs
Virtue is portrayed as a rescuing power: steadfast righteousness can ‘raise’ another from a fallen state.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a moral-illustrative statement within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow.
None; the verse uses a simile to praise dharmic fidelity rather than prescribing a rite.