Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
शनैश्चरं द्वितीयं च सुतां भद्रां तृतीयिकाम् । सवर्णा स्वेष्वपत्येषु सापत्न्यात्स्त्रीस्वभावतः
śanaiścaraṃ dvitīyaṃ ca sutāṃ bhadrāṃ tṛtīyikām | savarṇā sveṣvapatyeṣu sāpatnyātstrīsvabhāvataḥ
Und sie gebar Śanaiścara als den Zweiten und eine Tochter, Bhadrā, als die Dritte. Savarṇā zeigte, aus weiblicher Natur und aus Rivalität zwischen Mitgattinnen, vor allem Zuneigung zu ihren eigenen Kindern.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Savarṇā with her children—Śanaiścara and Bhadrā—shown with protective affection, while a subtle tension suggests co-wife rivalry; the scene is intimate, domestic, and morally shaded.
FAQs
Attachment and partiality within family life can arise from rivalry; dharma calls for fairness and restraint.
None; this is genealogical-ethical narration within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.