Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9
तस्य कन्या महाभागा रूपयौवनशालिनी । नाम्ना कांतिमती बाला व्यचरत्पितुरंतिके
tasya kanyā mahābhāgā rūpayauvanaśālinī | nāmnā kāṃtimatī bālā vyacaratpituraṃtike
Il avait une fille très bénie, parée de beauté et de jeunesse. La jeune fille, nommée Kāntimatī, demeurait auprès de son père et le servait.
Sūta
Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a simple hermitage courtyard: Kāntimatī, youthful and radiant, stands near her father with folded hands or attentive posture; background shows altar, water-pot, and forest edge.
FAQs
Service to elders and life in an āśrama setting are portrayed as integral expressions of dharma.
The verse sets up the characters whose actions will lead to the tīrtha’s later glorification in the Setu Māhātmya.
No explicit rite; the verse highlights āśrama-dharma through proximity and service to the sage.