Spouses

thumb|Husband and wife, 1951 thumb|Marriage of the Virgin (Perugino)|Marriage of the Virgin, a Renaissance period painting depicting a [[marriage]] A spouse is a significant other in a marriage. A female spouse is called a wife while a male spouse is called a husband.

thumb|Savitri and Satyavan|Savitri is described as an ideal pativrata, depicted here rescuing her husband Satyavan's life from the god of death, Yama. Pativrata () is a term used in Hinduism to refer to the conjugal fidelity of a woman towards her husband. It also refers to the term used to refer to a married woman who is faithful and dutiful to her husband.