Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
पतिव्रतास्त्वरुंधत्या सावित्र्याप्यनसूयया । शांडिल्या चैव सत्या च लक्ष्म्या च शतरूपया
pativratāstvaruṃdhatyā sāvitryāpyanasūyayā | śāṃḍilyā caiva satyā ca lakṣmyā ca śatarūpayā
പതിവ്രതാധർമ്മത്തിന്റെ ആദർശങ്ങളായി അരുന്ധതി, സാവിത്രി, അനസൂയ; അതുപോലെ ശാണ്ഡില്യാ, സത്യാ, ലക്ഷ്മി, ശതരൂപയും കീർത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sūta
Scene: A didactic tableau: a sage enumerates revered pativratā exemplars—Arundhatī with Vasiṣṭha, Sāvitrī in steadfast resolve, Anasūyā in austere compassion—forming a garland of archetypes around the teaching seat.
FAQs
Dharma is taught through living exemplars—names that function as models for conduct and devotion.
No specific tīrtha is referenced; the verse establishes exemplary figures rather than sacred geography.
No explicit rite; the implied practice is smaraṇa (recollection) of exemplars to cultivate virtue.