[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 4.4.16.1 # Skandapurana 4.4.16.1 Skandapurāṇa 4.4.16.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. munipṛṣṭāstadā devā bhagavaṃste kimabruvan.. sarvalokahitārthāya tadākhyāhi mahāmune ..1.. .. śrīvyāsa uvāca .. .. agastivacanaṃ śrutvā bahumānapurassaram .. dhiṣaṇādhipaterāsyaṃ vibudhā vyālulokire .. 2 .. vākpatiruvāca .. śṛṇvagaste mahābhāga devāgamanakāraṇam .. dhanyosi kṛtakṛtyosi mānyosi mahatā mapi .. 3 .. pratyāśramaṃ pratinagaṃ pratyaraṇyaṃ tapodhanāḥ .. kiṃ na saṃti muniśreṣṭha kācidanyaiva te sthitiḥ ..4.. tapolakṣmīstvayīhāsti brāhmatejastvayi sthiram.. puṇyalakṣmīstvayi parā tvayyaudāryaṃ manastvayi .. 5 .. pativrateyaṃ kalyāṇī lopāmudrā sadharmiṇī.. tavāṃgacchāyayā tulyā yatkathāpuṇyakāriṇī .. 6 .. pativratāsvaruṃdhatyā sāvitryāpyanasūyayā .. śāṃḍilyayā ca satyā ca lakṣmyā ca śatarūpayā .. 7 .. menayā ca sunītyā ca saṃjñayā svāhayā tathā .. yathaiṣā varṇyate śreṣṭhā na tathānyeti niścitama .. 8 .. bhuṃkte bhukte tvayi mune tiṣṭhati tvayi tiṣṭhati .. vinidrite ca nidrāti prathamaṃ pratibudhyate .. 9.. analaṃkṛtamātmānaṃ tava no darśayetkvacit.. kāryārthaṃ proṣite kvāpi sarvamaṃḍanavarjitā ..4.1.4.10.. na ca te nāma gṛhṇīyāttavāyuṣyavivṛddhaye .. puruṣāṃtaranāmāpi na gṛhṇāti kadācana .. 11 .. ākruṣṭāpi na cākrośettāḍitāpi prasīdati .. idaṃ kuru kṛtaṃ svāminmanyatāmiti vakti ca .. 12 .. āhūtā gṛhakāryāṇi tyaktvā gacchati satvaram .. kimarthaṃ vyāhṛtā nātha saprasādo vidhīyatām .. 13 .. na ciraṃ tiṣṭhati dvāri na dvāramupasevate .. adāpitaṃ tvayā kiṃcitkasmaicinna dadātyapi .. 14 .. pūjopakaraṇaṃ sarvamanuktā sādhayetsvayam .. > Sūta said: / “When questioned by the sage then, O venerable one, what did the gods say? / Speak of that, O great sage, for the welfare of the whole world.” // Śrī Vyāsa said: / Having heard Agastya's words preceded by great respect, / the gods looked toward the face of the lord of intelligence. // The lord of speech \[Bṛhaspati\] said: / “Listen, O highly fortunate Agastya, to the reason for the gods' arrival. / You are blessed, your purpose is accomplished, and you are venerable even to the great. // Are there not ascetics in every hermitage, on every mountain, in every forest, / O best of sages? Yet your state is quite unique. // The glory of austerity is present here in you; brahminic splendour is firmly established in you; / the supreme glory of merit is in you, generosity is in you, and \[greatness of\] mind is in you. // This auspicious, faithful wife Lopāmudrā is your partner in religious duties, / equal to the shadow of your body, whose tale brings merit. // Among devoted wives—such as Arundhatī, Sāvitrī, and Anasūyā, / Śāṇḍilyā, Satī, Lakṣmī, Śatarūpā, // Menā, Sunīti, Saṃjñā, and also Svāhā— / just as she is celebrated as the best, none other is, undoubtedly. // When you have eaten, O sage, she eats; when you stand, she stands; / she sleeps after you fall asleep, and wakes before \[you\]. // She never shows herself to you unadorned; / when you have gone abroad for some task, she is entirely devoid of adornments. // She would not utter your name, for the increase of your lifespan; / nor does she ever utter the name of another man. // Even when reviled, she does not revile in return; even when struck, she remains pleased; / and she says: ‘Master, consider that done which you say: “Do this.”’ // When called, she leaves her household duties and goes swiftly, \[saying,\] / ‘For what purpose was I called, Lord? Grant your gracious favour.’ // She does not linger long in the doorway, nor does she frequent the doorway; / without having been instructed by you, she gives nothing to anyone. // Unasked, she procures on her own all the articles for worship: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.3.67\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.3.67_82) - [Next: 4.4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.2) - [Up: 4.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.4.16.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Puruṣārthasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.purusarthasudhanidhi.6.6) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.1) · Pramāṇa