[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) › 4.4.16.2 # Skandapurana 4.4.16.2 Skandapurāṇa 4.4.16.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.2) niyamodakabarhīṃṣi patrapuppākṣatādikam .. 15 .. pratīkṣamāṇāvasaraṃ yathākālocitaṃ hi yat .. tadupasthāpayetsarvamanudvignātihṛṣṭavat .. 16 .. sevate bhartturucchiṣṭamiṣṭamannaṃ phalādikam .. mahāprasāda ityuktvā paridattaṃ pratīcchati .. 17 .. avibhajya na cāśnīyāddevapitratithiṣvapi .. paricārakavargeṣu goṣu bhikṣukuleṣu ca .. 18 .. saṃyatopaskarādakṣā hṛṣṭā vyaya parāṅmukhī .. kuryāttvayānanujñātā nopavāsavratādikam .. 19 .. dūrato varjayedeṣā samājotsavadarśanam .. na gacchettīrthayātrādi vivāhaprekṣaṇādiṣu ..4.1.4.20 .. sukhasuptaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ ramamāṇaṃ yadṛcchayā .. āṃtareṣvapi kāryeṣu patiṃ notthāpayetkvacit..21 .. strīdharmiṇī trirātraṃ tu svamukhaṃ naiva darśa yet .. svavākyaṃ śrāvayennāpi yāvatsnātā na śuddhitaḥ ..22.. susnātā bhartṛvadanamīhatenyasya na kvacit .. athavā manasi dhyātvā patiṃ bhānuṃ vilokayet..23.. haridrāṃ kuṃkumaṃ caiva siṃdūra kajjalaṃ tathā .. kūrpāsakaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ māṃgalyābharaṇaṃ śubham ..24.. keśasaṃskārakabarī karakarṇādibhūṣaṇam .. bhartturāyuṣyamicchaṃtī dūraye nna pativratā.. 25 .. na rajakyā na haitukyā tathā śramaṇayā na ca .. na ca durbhagayā kvāpi sakhitvaṃ kurute satī .. 26 .. bhartṛvidveṣiṇīṃ nārīṃ naiṣā saṃbhāṣate kvacit .. naikākinī kvacidbhūyānna nagnā snāti ca kvacit .. 27 .. nolūkhale na musale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi .. na yaṃtrakena dehalyāṃ satī copaviśetkvacit ..28.. vinā vyavāyasamayaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ na kvaciccaret .. yatrayatrarucirbharttustatra premavatī sadā .. 29 .. idameva vrataṃ strīṇāmayamevaparo vṛṣaḥ .. > the prescribed water, sacrificial grass, leaves, flowers, unbroken grains, and the like. // Awaiting the right occasion, whatever is suited to each time, / all that she presents without agitation, like one overjoyed. // She partakes of her husband's leftovers, the favoured food, fruits, and the like; / saying, ‘It is a great grace,’ she receives whatever is handed over. // And she would not eat without having distributed \[shares\] to the gods, ancestors, and guests, / to the household servants, to cows, and to the mendicants. // Restrained with utensils, capable, cheerful, averse to wasteful expense, / she would not observe fasting, vows, and the like unless permitted by you. // From afar she would avoid witnessing gatherings and festivities; / she would not go on pilgrimages to sacred fords, to witness marriages, or the like. // When her husband is sleeping comfortably, sitting comfortably, or amusing himself at will, / she would never awaken him, even for intimate matters. // While in her monthly course, for three nights she should not show her face at all, / nor let her voice be heard, until she is purified by bathing. // Well bathed, she gazes upon her husband's face and never upon another's; / or, meditating on her husband in her mind, she may look at the sun. // Turmeric, vermilion, red lead, kohl, / bodice, betel, auspicious ornaments, / arranging the hair in a braid, ornaments for hands and ears, and the like— / desiring longevity for her husband, a devoted wife should not discard these. // Neither with a washerwoman, nor with a logician, nor with an ascetic woman, / nor ever with an unfortunate woman does a virtuous wife make friendship. // She never converses with a woman who hates her husband; / she should never be alone, nor does she ever bathe naked. // Neither upon a mortar, nor a pestle, nor a broom, nor a grinding stone, / nor by an oil mill, nor upon the threshold should a virtuous wife ever sit. // Except at the time of intercourse, she should never display bold audacity; / wherever her husband takes delight, therein she is always loving. // This alone is the vow of women; this alone is their supreme virtue.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.1) - [Next: 4.4.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.3) - [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.4.4.16.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Puruṣārthasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.purusarthasudhanidhi.6.9.p1.1) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.2) · Pramāṇa