ज्येष्ठा चान्याथ कल्याणी ख्याता कात्यायनीति च । यस्याः कात्यायनः पुत्रो वेदार्थानां प्रजल्पकः
jyeṣṭhā cānyātha kalyāṇī khyātā kātyāyanīti ca | yasyāḥ kātyāyanaḥ putro vedārthānāṃ prajalpakaḥ
Et l’autre, l’aînée, l’auspicieuse, était connue sous le nom de Kātyāyanī : celle dont le fils, Kātyāyana, exposait avec éloquence les sens des Veda.
Sūta
Tirtha: Kātyāyanī-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A serene tīrtha landscape where an auspicious elder woman, Kātyāyanī, is honored; beside her, the learned son Kātyāyana is depicted teaching Vedic meanings to attentive disciples.
Holy places are remembered alongside holy lineages; Vedic wisdom and tīrtha merit reinforce one another in Purāṇic storytelling.
The site is not named in this verse; it prepares the ground for the kuṇḍa/tīrtha descriptions that follow.
None; it identifies Kātyāyanī and her son Kātyāyana.