Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
दात्यायनी प्रिया भार्या तस्य राज्ञो वशानुगा । हारनूपुरघोषेण झङ्काररवनादिता
dātyāyanī priyā bhāryā tasya rājño vaśānugā | hāranūpuraghoṣeṇa jhaṅkāraravanāditā
त्या राजाची प्रिय पत्नी दात्यायनी होती, जी त्याच्या आज्ञेला अनुसरणारी होती. हार व नूपुरांच्या घोषाने ती झंकारध्वनीने निनादित होत असे.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (narration)
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Queen Dātyāyanī appears in the palace, adorned with necklaces and anklets; the air seems to ring with delicate jingling as she moves, embodying auspicious royal grace.
FAQs
The verse sets a dhārmic narrative backdrop: orderly household life and concord within kingship often precede major tīrtha-related events in Purāṇic storytelling.
None directly; this is character and setting description within the Revā Khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative.
None.