Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ज्येष्ठा चान्याथ कल्याणी ख्याता कात्यायनीति च । यस्याः कात्यायनः पुत्रो वेदार्थानां प्रजल्पकः
jyeṣṭhā cānyātha kalyāṇī khyātā kātyāyanīti ca | yasyāḥ kātyāyanaḥ putro vedārthānāṃ prajalpakaḥ
E a outra, a mais velha, a auspiciosa, era conhecida como Kātyāyanī—ela cujo filho, Kātyāyana, era um eloquente expositor dos sentidos dos Vedas.
Sūta
Tirtha: Kātyāyanī-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A serene tīrtha landscape where an auspicious elder woman, Kātyāyanī, is honored; beside her, the learned son Kātyāyana is depicted teaching Vedic meanings to attentive disciples.
FAQs
Holy places are remembered alongside holy lineages; Vedic wisdom and tīrtha merit reinforce one another in Purāṇic storytelling.
The site is not named in this verse; it prepares the ground for the kuṇḍa/tīrtha descriptions that follow.
None; it identifies Kātyāyanī and her son Kātyāyana.