Skandapurana 3.2.7.79.4

3.2.7.79.4

grāme sā sūkarī bhūyādvalgulī vātha viṅbhujā .. 44 ..
huntvaṃkṛtyāpriyaṃ brūte mūkā sā jāyate khalu ..
yā sapatnīṃ sadairṣyeta durbhagā sā punaḥpunaḥ ..
dṛṣṭiṃ vilupya bharturyā kaṃcidanyaṃ samīkṣate .. 45 ..
kāṇā ca vimukhā vāpi kurūpāpi ca jāyate ..
bāhyādāyāṃtamālokya tvaritā ca jalāsanaiḥ ..
tāṃbūlairvyajanaiścaiva pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ .. 46 ..
tathaiva cāruvacanaiḥ svedasaṃnodanaiḥ paraiḥ ..
yā priyaṃ prīṇayetprītā trilokī prīṇitā tayā ..
mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ bhrātā sutaṃ sutaḥ .. 47 ..
amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet ..
bhartā devo gururbhartā dharmatīrthavratāni ca ..
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayet .. 48 ..
jīvahīno yathā dehī kṣaṇādaśucitāṃ vrajet ..
bhartṛhīnā tathā yoṣitsusnātāpya śuciḥ sadā .. 49 ..
amaṃgalebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vidhavā syādamaṃgalā ..
vidhavādarśanātsiddhiḥ kvāpi jātu na jāyate .. 3.2.7.50 ..
vihāya mātaraṃ caikāṃ sarvā maṃgalavarjitāḥ ..
tadāśiṣamapi prājñastyajedāśīviṣopamām .. 51 ..
kanyāvivāhasamaye vācayeyuriti dvijāḥ ..
bhartuḥ sahacarī bhūyājjīvato 'jīvatopi vā .. 52 ..
anuvrajantī bhartāraṃ gṛhātpitṛvanaṃ mudā ..
padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 53 ..
vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ balāduddharate bilāt ..
evamutkramya dūtebhyaḥ patiṃ svargaṃ vrajetsatī .. 54 ..
yamadūtāḥ palāyaṃte tāmālokya pativratām ..
tapanastapyate nūnaṃ dahanopi ca dahyate .. 55 ..
kaṃpaṃte sarvatejāṃsi dṛṣṭvā pātivrataṃ mahaḥ ..
yāvatsvalomasaṃkhyāsti tāvatkoṭyayutāni ca .. 56 ..
bhartrā svargasukhaṃ bhuṃkte ramamāṇā pativratā ..

she becomes a female sow in a village, or a dung-eating bat.
She who speaks unpleasantly, crying out in defiance, truly becomes mute.
She who constantly envies her co-wife becomes wretched birth after birth.
She who, averting her eyes from her husband, looks at another,
becomes one-eyed, or deformed-faced, or ugly.
Seeing him arriving from outside, she hurries with water and a seat,
with betel leaves, fans, and foot massage and the like,
and likewise with charming words and excellent wiping of sweat;
she who, being pleased, satisfies her beloved—by her the three worlds are satisfied.
A father gives in limited measure, a brother gives in limited measure, a son gives a son;
who would not worship a husband, the giver of limitless [blessings]?
The husband is a deity, the husband is a guru, the husband is dharma, sacred fords, and vows;
therefore, casting aside everything, one should worship the husband alone.
Just as an embodied being devoid of life attains impurity in an instant,
so a woman devoid of her husband, though well-bathed, is always impure.
A widow is more inauspicious than all inauspicious things;
from the sight of a widow, success never arises anywhere.
Excepting one's mother alone, all [widows] are devoid of auspiciousness;
a wise man should shun even their blessing as if it were a venomous snake.
At the time of a maiden's wedding, the twice-born should pronounce:
"May she be her husband's companion whether he is living or deceased."
Joyfully following her husband from the house to the cremation ground,
she undoubtedly attains the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice at every step.
Just as a snake-catcher forcibly draws a serpent from its hole,
so the virtuous wife, having snatched her husband from the messengers, ascends to heaven.
The messengers of Yama flee upon seeing that faithful wife;
surely the sun is burned, and fire itself is consumed,
and all lusters tremble upon seeing the majesty of fidelity to a husband.
For as many tens of millions of years as the number of hairs on her body,
the faithful wife, rejoicing with her husband, enjoys the bliss of heaven.