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# Markandeyapurana 16.63

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 16.63

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.16.63)

yaddevebhyo yacca pitrāgatebhyaḥ  
kuryādbhartābhyarccanaṃ satkriyātaḥ /  
tasyāpyardhaṃ kevalānanyacittā  
nārī bhuṅkte bhartṛśuśrūṣayaiva //

> Whatever worship a husband may perform for the gods and for the ancestors who have arrived / through proper rites, / half of that too a woman of single-minded thought enjoys / solely through attendance upon her husband.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.16.63) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Āryacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.aryacarita.51.50) — Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.p3.17) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit

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