Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80
एतस्याः पार्श्वतश्चान्याश्चतस्रो या व्यवस्थिताः । आभीरीति सप त्नीति प्रोक्ता ध्यानप्रहर्षिताः
etasyāḥ pārśvataścānyāścatasro yā vyavasthitāḥ | ābhīrīti sapa tnīti proktā dhyānapraharṣitāḥ
Et, à ses côtés, se tenaient quatre autres femmes—dites «Ābhīrī» et «épouses rivales»—transportées de joie par leur propre élan de contemplation.
Narrative voice within Sūta’s telling (speaker not marked in this verse; Sūta explicitly appears in 192.83)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A central woman stands, flanked by four women at her sides; their faces show uplifted joy from meditation, suggesting a charged, esoteric moment near a ritual setting.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-narratives often explain the emergence and naming of associated figures, mapping spiritual drama onto sacred geography.
The verse functions as scene-setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not itself identify a named tīrtha.
None; it is descriptive (naming/positioning of attendant women).