Skandapurana 4.4.16.4

4.4.16.4

bāhyādāyāṃtamālokya tvaritā ca jalāśanaiḥ ..
tāṃbūlairvyajanaiścaiva pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ .. 45 ..
tathaiva cāṭuvacanaiḥ khedasaṃnodanaiḥ paraiḥ ..
yā priyaṃ prīṇayetprītā trilokī prīṇitā tayā .. 46 ..
mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ bhrātā mitaṃ sutaḥ ..
amitasya hi dātāraṃ bharttāraṃ pūjaye tsadā .. 47 ..
bhartā devo gururbhartā dharma tīrtha vratāni ca ..
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayeta .. 48 ..
jīvahīno yathā dehaḥ kṣaṇādaśucitāṃ vrajet ..
bhartṛhīnā tathā yoṣitsusnātāpyaśuciḥ sadā .. 49 ..
amaṃgalebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vidhavā tyaktamaṃgalā ..
vidhavā darśanātsiddhiḥ kvāpi jātu na jāyate .. 4.1.4.50 ..
vihāya mātaraṃ caikāṃ sarvamaṃgalavarjitāma ..
tadāśiṣamapi prājñastyajedāśīviṣopamāma .. 51 ..
kanyāvivāhasamaye vācayeyuriti dvijāḥ ..
bhartuḥ sahacarī bhūyājjīvato'jīvatopivā .. 52 ..
bhartā sadānuyātavyo dehavacchāyayā striyā ..
caṃdramā jyotsnayā yadvadvidyutvānvidyutā yathā .. 53 ..
anuvrajati bhartāraṃ gṛhātpitṛvanaṃ mudā ..
padepade'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayama .. 54 ..
vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ balāduddharate bilāta ..
evamutkramya dūtebhyaḥ patiṃ svargaṃ nayetsatī .. 55 ..
yamadūtāḥ palāyaṃte satīmālokya dūrataḥ ..
api duṣkṛtakarmāṇaṃ samutsṛjya ca tatpatim . . 56 ..
na tathā bibhīmo vahnernatathā vidyuto yathā ..
āpataṃtīṃ samālokya vayaṃ dūtāḥ pativratām .. 57 ..
tapanastapyatetyaṃtaṃ dahanopi ca dahyate ..
kaṃpaṃte sarva tejāṃsi dṛṣṭvā pātivrataṃ mahaḥ .. 58 . .
yāvatsvalomasaṃkhyāsti tāvatkoṭyayutāni ca ..

Seeing him arriving from outside, she should swiftly attend him with water and food, / with betel, fans, foot-massages, and the like;
likewise, with pleasing words and supreme removers of weariness, / she who gratifies her beloved with joy has gratified the three worlds.
A father gives in limited measure, a brother gives in limited measure, a son gives in limited measure; / but a husband is the giver of the boundless—she should always worship him.
The husband is a deity, the husband is a teacher, the husband is dharma, sacred fords, and observances; / therefore, abandoning everything, she should venerate her husband alone.
Just as a body bereft of life goes to impurity in an instant, / so a woman bereft of a husband, even though well-bathed, is ever impure.
Of all inauspicious things, a widow is bereft of auspiciousness; / from the sight of a widow, success is never attained anywhere at any time.
Leaving aside one's mother alone, who is devoid of all auspiciousness, / a wise man should shun even her blessing as though it were a venomous snake.
At the time of a maiden's wedding, the twice-born should recite this: / 'Be the companion of your husband whether he is alive or departed.'
A husband must always be followed by a woman like a shadow by a body, / as the moon by moonlight, as a cloud by lightning.
She who gladly follows her husband from the house to the cemetery / undoubtedly attains the fruit of an aśvamedha at every step.
Just as a snake-catcher forcefully pulls out a snake from a hole, / so a virtuous wife, snatching her husband from the messengers, leads him to heaven.
The messengers of Yama flee far away seeing a virtuous wife, / releasing her husband even if he has committed wicked deeds.
'We messengers are not so afraid of fire, nor are we so afraid of lightning, / as when seeing a devoted wife swooping down.'
The sun burns intensely, and even fire is scorched; / all splendors tremble upon seeing the majesty of devotion to a husband.
For as many tens of millions of years as there are hairs [on his body],