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 lui-même, le Dieu toujours comblé, parla d’elle avec joie—devant Kamalā (Lakṣmī), au premier rang—pleinement satisfait par sa 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.