Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
संतोषेण च ते तात तिष्ठतः काश्यपे गृहे । कद्रूश्च विनता नाम हृष्टे च वनिते सदा
saṃtoṣeṇa ca te tāta tiṣṭhataḥ kāśyape gṛhe | kadrūśca vinatā nāma hṛṣṭe ca vanite sadā
হে তাত, তারা দুজনেই কাশ্যপের গৃহে সন্তোষসহ বাস করতেন—কদ্রূ এবং বিনতা নাম্নী সেই নারী—সদা হর্ষিতচিত্ত।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Two noble women, Kadrū and Vinatā, in a tranquil hermitage courtyard, smiling and composed; Kaśyapa’s presence implied as the stabilizing center of the household.
FAQs
Saṃtoṣa (contentment) is shown as a stabilizing virtue in household life, even before later conflicts arise.
None is named; the verse describes life in Kaśyapa’s āśrama/household as narrative setting.
None.
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