Skandapurana 4.4.16.5

4.4.16.5

bhartrā svargasukhaṃ bhuṃkte ramamāṇā pativratā .. 59 . .
dhanyā sā jananī loke dhanyosau janakaḥ punaḥ ..
dhanyaḥ sa ca patiḥ śrīmānyeṣāṃ gehe pativratā .. 4.1.4.60 ..
pitṛvaṃśyāmātṛvaṃśyāḥpativaṃśyāstrayastrayaḥ ..
pativratāyāḥ puṇyena svargasaukhyāni bhuṃjate .. 61 ..
śīlabhaṃgena durvṛttāḥ pātayaṃti kulatrayam ..
piturmātustathāpatyurihāmutra ca duḥkhitāḥ .. 62 ..
pativratāyāścaraṇo yatra yatra spṛśedbhuvam ..
tatreti bhūmirmanyeta nātra bhārostipāvanī .. 63 ..
bibhyatpativratāsparśaṃ kurute bhānumānapi ..
somo gaṃdhavahaścāpi svapāvitryāya nānyathā .. 64 ..
āpaḥ pativratā sparśamabhilaṣyaṃti sarvadā ..
adya jāḍyavināśo no jātāstvadyā'nyapāvanāḥ .. 65 ..
gṛhegṛhe na kiṃ nāryo rūpalāvaṇyagarvitāḥ ..
paraṃ viśveśabhaktyaiva labhyate strī pativratā .. 66 ..
bhāryā mūlaṃ gṛhasthasya bhāryā mūlaṃ sukhasya ca ..
bhāryā dharmaphalā bhāryā saṃ tānavṛddhaye .. 67 ..
paralokastvayaṃ loko jīyate bhāryayā dvayam ..
devapitratithījyādi nābhāryaḥ karma cārhati .. 68 ..
gṛhasthaḥ sa hi vijñeyo yasya gehe pativratā ..
grasate'nyā pratipadaṃ rākṣasyā jarayāthavā .. 69 ..
yathā gaṃgā'vagāhena śarīraṃ pāvanaṃ bhavet ..
tathā pativratā dṛṣṭyā śubhayā pāvanaṃ bhavet .. 4.1.4.70 ..
anuyāti na bhartāraṃ yadi daivātkathaṃcana ..
tatrāpi śīlaṃ saṃrakṣyaṃ śīlabhaṃgātpatatyadhaḥ .. 71 ..
tadvaiguṇyādapisvargātpatiḥ patati nānyathā ..
tasyāḥ pitā ca mātā ca bhrātṛvargastathaiva ca .. 72 ..
patyau mṛte ca yāyoṣidvaidhavyaṃ pālayetkvacit ..
sā punaḥ prāpya bhartāraṃ svargabhogānsamaśnute .. 73 .. .

rejoicing with her husband, the devoted wife enjoys heavenly bliss.
Blessed is that mother in the world, blessed again is that father, / and blessed is that glorious husband in whose house there is a devoted wife.
Three lineages of the father, three of the mother, and three of the husband— / by the merit of a devoted wife, they enjoy the pleasures of heaven.
Misbehaved women, by the destruction of good conduct, drag down the three lineages— / of father, mother, and husband—and become sorrowful here and in the hereafter.
Wherever the foot of a devoted wife touches the earth, / there the earth considers: 'Here, the purifying woman leaves no burden [upon me].'
Even the sun, fearing, touches the devoted wife; / the moon and the wind also [touch her] only for their own purification, not otherwise.
The waters ever desire the touch of a devoted wife: / 'Today our dullness is destroyed; today we have become the purifiers of others.'
Are there not women in every house, proud of their form and charm? / But a devoted wife is obtained only through devotion to the Lord of the Universe.
A wife is the root of the householder; a wife is the root of happiness; / a wife yields the fruits of dharma; a wife is for the increase of offspring.
The next world and this world—both are won by a wife; / a wifeless man is not fit for the rites of gods, ancestors, guests, and sacrifices.
He indeed should be known as a householder in whose house is a devoted wife; / another woman devours him at every step like an ogress or old age.
Just as the body becomes purified by immersion in the Gaṅgā, / so one becomes purified by the auspicious sight of a devoted wife.
If by fate she somehow does not follow her husband [in death], / even then her good conduct must be preserved; by the breach of good conduct she falls low.
Through her fault, her husband also falls from heaven, not otherwise; / [and likewise] her father, mother, and group of brothers.
And that woman who, upon her husband's death, observes widowhood with restraint, / having attained her husband once again, enjoys the delights of heaven.