Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
गौरी लक्ष्मीः शची मेधा तथा चैवाप्यरुन्धती । स्वधा स्वाहा तथा कीतिर्बुद्धिः पुष्टिः क्षमा धृतिः । तथा चान्याश्च बहवो ह्यप्सरोभिः समन्विताः
gaurī lakṣmīḥ śacī medhā tathā caivāpyarundhatī | svadhā svāhā tathā kītirbuddhiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ | tathā cānyāśca bahavo hyapsarobhiḥ samanvitāḥ
Gaurī, Lakṣmī, Śacī, Medhā, dan Arundhatī; juga Svadhā dan Svāhā; serta Kīrti, Buddhi, Puṣṭi, Kṣamā, dan Dhṛti—bersama banyak wanita ilahi lainnya, dihimpun dengan iringan rombongan apsara-apsara.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant celestial congregation: Gaurī and Lakṣmī with personified virtues (Kīrti, Buddhi, Puṣṭi, Kṣamā, Dhṛti) surrounded by apsarases, all oriented toward an impending sacred rite.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma portrays divine order as supported by both goddesses and personified virtues—glory, intellect, nourishment, patience, and steadfastness.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it enumerates divine participants relevant to the ongoing sacred narrative.
Indirectly, it echoes yajña categories through Svāhā (fire-offering formula) and Svadhā (ancestral oblation), but gives no explicit injunction.