Skandapurana 3.2.7.79.2
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3.2.7.79.2
The duties of faithful wives were indeed proclaimed by the sage:
She eats after her husband has eaten, and she stands waiting upon him.
She sleeps after he has fallen asleep, and awakens before [him].
She keeps herself unadorned when her husband is in a foreign land;
when he has gone abroad on business anywhere, she is completely stripped of ornaments.
She does not utter her husband's name, indeed for the increase of his life;
nor does she ever utter the name of another man.
Even when reviled she should not revile him, and even when struck she is gracious;
she says: "Let it be considered, master, that this which was to be done is done."
When summoned, she abandons household chores and goes swiftly:
"For what purpose was I called, lord? Let that favor be bestowed."
She does not stand long at the doorway, nor does she frequent the doorway.
She never gives away on her own anything that should not be given.
Without being told, she prepares on her own all the articles of worship,
where the water for vows, the darbha grass, flowers, unbroken grains, and the like [are kept].
Anticipating [his wishes], whatever is appropriate for the time,
she should set it all before him, cheerful and without irritation.
She consumes the leftovers of her husband's desirable food, fruits, and the like.
She should avoid from afar watching public gatherings and festivals;
she should not go on pilgrimages to sacred fords, to watch weddings, and such things.
When he is happily asleep, sitting at ease, or amusing himself at will,
she should never wake her husband, even if there is an obstacle in affairs.
During her menstrual period, for three nights she must not show her face,
nor make her speech heard, until she is purified by bathing.
Having bathed well, she should look at the face of her husband and never that of another;
or, meditating upon her husband in her mind, she may look at the sun.
Turmeric, saffron, vermilion, and collyrium,
a bodice, betel, auspicious ornaments,
the dressing of hair, and ornaments for the hands, ears, and so forth—
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit