Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
सदा नारायणो देवो यस्याश्चक्रे कथां मुदा । कमलायाः पुरोभागे पातिव्रत्य सुतोषितः
sadā nārāyaṇo devo yasyāścakre kathāṃ mudā | kamalāyāḥ purobhāge pātivratya sutoṣitaḥ
Nārāyaṇa mismo, el Dios siempre complacido, habló con gozo de ella—ante Kamalā (Lakṣmī), en el lugar principal—satisfecho por su pātivratya.
Narratorial voice within Skanda’s discourse (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
Scene: Nārāyaṇa, seated in a divine assembly, joyfully extols Arundhatī’s pātivratya before Kamalā (Lakṣmī), who listens from the foremost seat; the mood is reverent and celebratory.
FAQs
True dharma (pātivratya) is so powerful that even Nārāyaṇa delights in praising it publicly.
No single tīrtha is named here; the focus is on Arundhatī’s virtue within the Kāśī narrative.
None; it is a commendation (praśaṃsā) of pātivratya.