Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
शनैश्चरं द्वितीयं च सुतां भद्रां तृतीयिकाम् । सवर्णा स्वेष्वपत्येषु सापत्न्यात्स्त्रीस्वभावतः
śanaiścaraṃ dvitīyaṃ ca sutāṃ bhadrāṃ tṛtīyikām | savarṇā sveṣvapatyeṣu sāpatnyātstrīsvabhāvataḥ
ಅವಳು ಎರಡನೆಯ ಸಂತಾನವಾಗಿ ಶನೈಶ್ಚರನನ್ನು, ಮೂರನೆಯದಾಗಿ ಪುತ್ರಿ ಭದ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು. ಸವರ್ಣೆ ಸಪತ್ನೀಭಾವದಿಂದ, ಸ್ತ್ರೀಸ್ವಭಾವಾನುಸಾರ, ತನ್ನ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಮೇಲೆಯೇ ವಿಶೇಷ ಮಮಕಾರ ತೋರಿದಳು।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: Savarṇā with her children—Śanaiścara and Bhadrā—shown with protective affection, while a subtle tension suggests co-wife rivalry; the scene is intimate, domestic, and morally shaded.
FAQs
Attachment and partiality within family life can arise from rivalry; dharma calls for fairness and restraint.
None; this is genealogical-ethical narration within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.