Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
दात्यायनी प्रिया भार्या तस्य राज्ञो वशानुगा । हारनूपुरघोषेण झङ्काररवनादिता
dātyāyanī priyā bhāryā tasya rājño vaśānugā | hāranūpuraghoṣeṇa jhaṅkāraravanāditā
সেই ৰজাৰ প্ৰিয়া পত্নী দাত্যায়নী আছিল, যি তেওঁৰ আদেশ অনুসৰণকাৰিণী। হাৰ আৰু নূপুৰৰ ঝংকাৰ ধ্বনিয়ে তাই সদায় ৰৱিত হৈ থাকিছিল।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narration)
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Queen Dātyāyanī appears in the palace, adorned with necklaces and anklets; the air seems to ring with delicate jingling as she moves, embodying auspicious royal grace.
FAQs
The verse sets a dhārmic narrative backdrop: orderly household life and concord within kingship often precede major tīrtha-related events in Purāṇic storytelling.
None directly; this is character and setting description within the Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative.
None.