Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14
पतिव्रतास्त्वरुंधत्या सावित्र्याप्यनसूयया । शांडिल्या चैव सत्या च लक्ष्म्या च शतरूपया
pativratāstvaruṃdhatyā sāvitryāpyanasūyayā | śāṃḍilyā caiva satyā ca lakṣmyā ca śatarūpayā
पतिव्रताधर्मस्य आदर्शा अरुन्धती सावित्री च अनसूया; तथा शाण्डिल्या सत्या लक्ष्मीः शतरूपा च इति कीर्तिताः।
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.