[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) › 4.4.16.3 # Skandapurana 4.4.16.3 Skandapurāṇa 4.4.16.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.4.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.3) iyameko devapūjā bhartturvākyaṃ na laṃghayeta .. 4.1.4.30 .. klībaṃ vā duravasthaṃvā vyādhitaṃ vṛddhameva vā .. susthitaṃ duḥsthitaṃ vāpi patimekaṃ na laṃghayeta .. 31 .. hṛṣṭāhṛṣṭeviṣaṇṇāsyā viṣaṇṇāsye priye sadā .. ekarūpā bhavetpuṇyā saṃpatsu ca vipatsu ca .. 32 .. sarpirlavaṇatailādi kṣayepi ca pativratā .. patiṃ nāstīti na brūyādāyāseṣu na yojayet..33.. tīrthasnānārthinī nārī patipādodakaṃ pibet .. śaṃkarādapi viṣṇorvā patirekodhikaḥ striyāḥ .. 34 .. vratopavāsaniyamaṃ patimullaṃghya yā caret .. āyuṣyaṃ harate bhartturmṛtā nirayamṛcchati..35.. uktā pratyuttaraṃ dadyādyā nārī krodhatatparā .. saramā jāyate grāme sṛgālī nirjane vane..36.. strīṇāṃ hi paramaścaiko niyamaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ ..' abhyarcya caraṇau bhartturbhoktavyaṃ kṛtaniścayam ..37.. uccāsanaṃ na seveta na vrajetparaveśmasu .. na trapākara vākyāni vaktavyāni kadācana .. 38 .. apavādo na vaktavyaḥ kalahaṃ dūratastyajet .. gurūṇāṃ sannidhau kvāpi noccairbrūyānna vā haset .. 39 .. yā bhartāraṃ parityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ .. ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣakoṭaraśāyinī .. 4.1.4.40 .. tāḍitā tāḍituṃ cecchetsā vyāghrī vṛṣadaṃśikā .. kaṭākṣayatiyā'nyaṃ vai kekarākṣī tu sā bhaveta .. 41 .. yā bhartāraṃ parityajya miṣṭama'śnāti kevalam .. grāme vāsakarī bhūyādvalgurvāpi śvaviṭbhujā .. 42 .. yā tvaṃ(huṃ) kṛtyā'priyaṃ brūte mūkā sā jāyate khalu .. yā sapatnīṃ saderṣyeta durbhagā sā punaḥpunḥ .. 43 .. dṛṣṭiṃ vilupya bharturyā kaṃcidanyaṃ samīkṣate .. kāṇā ca vimukhī cāpi kurūpā cāpi jāyate .. 44 .. > This alone is the worship of the gods: she should not transgress her husband's word. / Whether he is impotent, in misery, diseased, or even old, > prosperous or destitute, she should never transgress her husband alone. / Always rejoicing when he is pleased, downcast when her beloved is downcast, > she, the virtuous woman, should be of one uniform nature both in prosperity and in adversity. / Even upon the exhaustion of clarified butter, salt, oil, and the like, a devoted wife > should not say to her husband, 'There is none,' nor should she burden him with hardships. / A woman desirous of bathing in sacred waters should drink the water that washed her husband's feet; > far beyond even Śaṃkara or Viṣṇu, her husband alone is superior for a woman. / She who undertakes vows, fasts, and observances by transgressing her husband > steals the life span of her husband, and when dead, goes to hell. / The woman who, prone to anger, retorts back when spoken to, > is born as a bitch in a village or a female jackal in a deserted forest. / For of women this one supreme observance is declared: > having worshipped the feet of her husband, she should eat with firm resolve. / She should not sit upon an elevated seat, nor should she frequent the houses of strangers; > words that cause shame are never to be spoken \[by her\]. > Slander must not be uttered; dispute she should shun from afar. / In the presence of elders she should never speak loudly or laugh. > The foolish woman who, abandoning her husband, wanders about in secret, / is born as a cruel female owl living in a hollow of a tree. > If, when struck, she desires to strike back, she becomes a tigress or a female cat; / and she who casts sidelong glances at another man becomes squint-eyed. > She who, abandoning her husband, eats sweet foods alone, / becomes an inhabitant of a village, a bat feeding on canine feces. > She who, snorting 'humph,' speaks an unpleasant word, indeed becomes dumb; / she who is constantly envious of a co-wife becomes wretched time and time again. > She who, disregarding the sight of her husband, looks at someone else, / becomes one-eyed, averted of face, and deformed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.4.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.2) - [Next: 4.4.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.4) - [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.4.4.16.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Puruṣārthasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.purusarthasudhanidhi.6.9.p1.2) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.4.16.3) · Pramāṇa