Skandapurana 4.4.16.8

4.4.16.8

nādhirohedanaḍvāhaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhagatairapi ..
kaṃcukaṃ na parīdadhyādvāso na vikṛtaṃ nyaset..3..
apṛṣṭvā tu sutānkiṃcinna kuryādbhartṛtatparā ..
evaṃ caryāparā nityaṃ vidhavāpi śubhā matā .. 4 ..
evaṃ dharmasamāyuktā vidhavāpi pativratā ..
patilokānavāpnoti nabhavetkvāpi duḥkhabhāk ..5..
na gaṃgayā tayā bhedo yā nārī patidevatā ..
umāśivasamā sākṣātta smāttāṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ ..6..
bṛhaspatiruvāca ..
gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ tvetadyajjātaṃ tava darśanam ..
lopāmudre mahāmātarbhartṛpādāṃbujekṣaṇe .. 7 ..
iti stutvā mahābhāgāṃ rājaputrīṃ pativratām ..
praṇamya ca guruḥ prāha muniṃ sarvārthakovidaḥ .. 8. ..
praṇavastvaṃ śrutiriyaṃ kṣamaiṣā tvaṃ svayaṃ tapaḥ ..
satkriyeyaṃ phalaṃ tvaṃ hi dhanyosīti mahāmune .. 9 ..
idaṃ pātivrataṃ tejo brahmatejo bhavānparam ..
tatrāpyetattapastejaḥ kimasādhyatamaṃ tava .. 4.1.4.110 ..
tava nāviditaṃ kiṃcittathāpi ca vadāmyaham ..
yadarthamāgatā devāstanmunetra niśāmaya .. 11 ..
ayaṃ śatamakhaḥ śrīmānvṛtrahā kuliśāyudhaḥ ..
siddhyaṣṭakaṃ hi yaddvāri dṛkprasādaṃ samīkṣate .. 12 ..
yasyapuryāḥ parisare kāmadhenu vrajaścaret ..
yatpaurāḥ kalpavṛkṣāṇāṃ nityaṃ chāyāsu śerate .. 13 ..
yadrathyāsu ca tiṣṭhaṃti te ciṃtāmaṇikarkarāḥ ..
ayamagnirjagadyonirdharmarājastvayaṃ punaḥ .. 14 ..
nirṛtirvaruṇovāyuḥśrīdarudrādayastvamī ..
ārādhyaṃte ca cāritraiḥ sarvakāmārtha mīśvarāḥ .. 15 ..
mamabhyarthayitāromī tvaṃ yācyastu jagatkṛte ..
vāṅmātrodyamasādhyaṃ tattavaviśvopakārakam . 16 .

She must not mount an ox even if her life-breath has reached her throat; / she should not wear a bodice, nor put on any dyed garment. // 3
Devoted to her husband, she should do nothing without asking her sons. / Ever intent on such conduct, even a widow is considered auspicious. // 4
Thus endowed with righteousness, even a widow is a devoted wife; / she attains the worlds of her husband and will never partake of sorrow. // 5
There is no difference between the Gaṅgā and that woman for whom her husband is her deity; / she is directly equal to Umā and Śiva. Therefore, a wise man should revere her. // 6
Bṛhaspati said: / The fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā is indeed this: that darśana of you has taken place, / O Lopāmudrā, O great mother, whose gaze is fixed upon the lotus feet of your husband! // 7
Having thus praised the illustrious princess, the devoted wife, / and having bowed down, the Guru, skilled in all matters, addressed the sage: // 8
“You are the Praṇava; she is the Śruti. She is forbearance; you yourself are tapas. / She is virtuous action; you indeed are its fruit. Blessed are you, O great sage! // 9
This is the splendor of wifely devotion; you are the supreme brāhmanical splendor. / Moreover, there is this splendor of your tapas: what could ever be too difficult for you? // 110
Nothing is unknown to you, yet I speak nevertheless; / listen here, O sage, to the reason for which the gods have arrived. // 11
Here is the glorious hundred-sacrificer [Indra], the slayer of Vṛtra, armed with the thunderbolt, / at whose gate the eight supernatural powers await the favor of his glance; // 12
on the outskirts of whose city herds of wish-fulfilling cows graze; / whose citizens sleep constantly beneath the shades of the wish-fulfilling trees; // 13
and on whose streets these wish-fulfilling gems lie like pebbles. / Here is Agni, the origin of the universe, and here is Dharmarāja; // 14
and these are Nirṛti, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Kubera, the Rudras, and the rest— / lords who are worshipped by rites for the attainment of all desires. // 15
These are those who entreat; but it is you who must be petitioned for the sake of the universe. / That which can be accomplished by the mere effort of speech will bring welfare to the entire world.” // 16