Pativrata literally means a virtuous wife who has made a vow (vrata) to her husband (pati) of her devotion and protection.
It is a concept that is usually portrayed to be a powerful factor that protects a woman's husband from curses, death, and any ill-omens that threaten his well-being.
Sita does not hesitate to spend fourteen years of exile that Rama is ordered to undertake in the forest, giving up all of her earthly comforts to fulfil her duty to him.
In the Uttara Kanda, she does not question the agnipariksha when she is asked to prove her chastity to Rama due to the demands of the common people to do so.
[5] According to the Brahmanda Purana, while Sage Mandavya was punished by impalement due to being mistaken for an accomplice in a theft, Ugrashravas, the husband of a devoted wife named Shilavati, wished to visit the house of his favourite prostitute.