Skandapurana 7.12.584_66

7.12.584_66

yā tu bhartrābhyanujñātā52 kṛtvā dharmaṃ supuṣkalam .
dadyāttu patyuryā53 nārī tasyānantaṃ bhavet54 phalam . .72. .
yacca prārthayate kiñcidiha loke paratra vā .
tatsarvaṃ prāpnute55 devyaḥ subhagā cāpi jāyate56 . .73 . .
vaśyaścāsyā bhaved bharttā priyā tasya ca sā tadā .
putraprajā ca bhati na ca duḥkhaṃ samaśnute . .74. .
eṣa dharmo mayākhyāto yuṣmākaṃ lokamātaraḥ .
ato bhūyaśca kiṃ tvanyacchrotumicchatha śobhanāḥ . .75 . .
ayaṃ hi dharmaḥ sumahānatiprabhaḥ suduṣkaraścāpyakṛtmabhirvarāḥ .
na cainamanyasya57 śaṭhasya kasyacidadharmiṇo vā kathayīta dharmavit58 . .7 6 . .
sanatkumāra uvāca
tatastāḥ sahitāḥ sarvā devyo lokasya mātaraḥ .
pūjayitvā mahādevīmūcuḥ saṃhṛṣṭacetasaḥ . . 77 . .

And whatever woman, permitted by her husband, having performed abundant duty, / gives [the merit] to her husband, her fruit becomes infinite. // 72
And whatever she desires, either in this world or in the next, / she attains all that, O goddesses, and also becomes fortunate. // 73
Her husband becomes devoted to her, and she is dear to him then; / she has sons and offspring, and does not experience sorrow. // 74
This duty has been told by me to you, O mothers of the world. / What else do you wish to hear further than this, O beautiful ones? // 75
For this duty is very great, exceedingly splendid, and hard to accomplish by those of untrained mind, O excellent ladies; / and one who knows duty should not recount this to any rogue or unrighteous person. // 76
Sanatkumāra said:
Then all those goddesses together, the mothers of the world, / having worshipped the Great Goddess, spoke with delighted minds: // 77