Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
अनपत्यः क्रतुस्त्वस्मिन्स्मृतो वैवस्वतेंतरे । अत्रेः पत्न्यो दशैवासन्सुन्दर्यश्च पतिव्रताः
anapatyaḥ kratustvasminsmṛto vaivasvateṃtare | atreḥ patnyo daśaivāsansundaryaśca pativratāḥ
या वैवस्वत मन्वंतरात क्रतु ऋषी निःसंतानच स्मरणात येतो. अत्रीच्या पत्नी दहा होत्या—सुंदरी व पतिव्रता।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A calm hermitage tableau: sages discussing Vaivasvata Manvantara; Kratu depicted contemplative and solitary; Atri with ten devoted wives seated in orderly semicircle, serene and radiant.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma honors both cosmic chronology (Manvantara) and exemplary household virtue (pativratā), presenting sacred history as a moral map.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting; the verse contributes to the māhātmya’s sacred-historical catalogue tied to that region.
No explicit ritual instruction is given here; it is genealogical and dharma-descriptive.