Markandeyapurana 16.15

16.15

taṃ tathā vyādhitaṃ bhāryā patiṃ devamivārccayat /
pādābhyaṅgāṅgasaṃvāha-strānācchādanabhojanaiḥ //

The son spoke:
There was a certain Kauśika brāhman in the town Prati-ṣṭhāna; he by reason of sins committed in other births was diseased with leprosy. His wife used to honour him her husband, thus diseased, as a god, by anointing his feet, kneading his limbs, bathing, clothing, and feeding him, and by cleansing the flow of mucus, blood etcetera, and with attendance in private, and with affectionate conversation. Though always exceedingly venerated by that modest lady, he being harsh continually menaced her by reason of his excessively fiery temper. Nevertheless his wife, bowing before him, used to esteem him a divinity;[5] nevertheless she used to esteem him, who was extremely loathful, as superior to all.