पाक्कनार् 's wife was a very chaste woman devoted to her husband. There are two stories demonstrating the devotion she showed to her husband.

It was usual for all the sons of वररुचि excepting वायिल्लाक्कुन्निलप्पन् to assemble at the house of अग्निहोत्री for the श्राद्ध of their father annually once. Once after the श्राद्ध , all of them sat together for their meals and the अन्तर्जनम् (wife) of अग्निहोत्री refused to serve an assembly consisting of पाक्कनार् , a चण्डाल . When अग्निहोत्री compelled her to do it she came to the place hiding her face with an umbrella. पाक्कनार् enquired about the purpose of the umbrella and अग्निहोत्री replied that it was the duty of chaste and devoted wives to hide their faces from other men. Then पाक्कनार् argued that still the brahmin wives who hid their faces were lacking in devotion and chastity and the चण्डाल women were the only class of women who were chaste and devoted to their husbands. Everybody present there joined sides with अग्निहोत्री and opposed the argument of पाक्कनार् . To demonstrate the devotion of चण्डाली wives पाक्कनार् took अग्निहोत्री to his house. On reaching there पक्कनार् called his wife and asked "How much paddy do you have here?" "Five measures", she replied. "Pound half of it and bring it to me", पाक्कनार् instructed. The dutiful wife pounded the paddy, cooked the rice and brought it to पाक्कनार् . पाक्कनार् asked her to throw the rice into the drain. She did it without the least hesitation. पाक्क nār then asked his wife to pound the remaining paddy and bring the rice cooked as before. She did so and when she brought it before पाक्कनार् he asked her to throw that also away into the drain. She instantly obeyed. That day both of them went without meals. They were so poor.

The next day पाक्कनार् along with अग्निहोत्री went to the इल्लम् (house) of अग्निहोत्री . पाक्कनार् then asked अग्निहोत्री to make his wife do exactly like what पाक्कनार् 's wife was made to do. अग्निहोत्री immediately called his wife and asked her to take two and a half measures of paddy, pound it, cook it and bring it to him. "There is rice here ready in stock and so why should we pound paddy now?" अग्निहोत्री 's wife questioned. But अग्निहोत्री insisted and so surrendering to the compulsion she did as she was instructed. When she brought the rice before him cooked, अग्निहोत्री asked her to throw it away into the drain. She hesitated first but when अग्निहोत्री insisted she did so very reluctantly. Then अग्निहोत्री asked her to take another two and a half measures of paddy, pound it and bring the cooked rice once again. The अन्तर्जनम् (wife) flew into fury and showered on her husband a heap of abuses. She went and hid inside and despite repeated requests from अग्निहोत्री she never showed her face out again. अग्निहोत्री admitted defeat and accepted पाक्कनार् 's view that a चण्डाली woman was more chaste than a brahmin woman.

Once अग्निहोत्री came to the hut of पाक्कनार् . पाक्कनार् called his wife to bring a 'palaka' (a wooden plank used for sitting) for अग्निहोत्री to sit on. She was at that time drawing water from a well and the bucket was midway in the well with water. The instant she heard her husband call her she left the grip on the rope and rushed to the side of her husband. She did what was asked of her to do and then returned to the well. पाक्कनार् followed her taking अग्निहोत्री along with him. When they reached the well अग्निहोत्री was dumbfounded. The bucket with water was staying in mid-air in the well exactly at the position at which पाक्कनार् 's wife had left it. The power of the chastity of the woman. (See under Vararuci) .