Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पतिव्रतास्वरुंधत्या सावित्र्याप्यनसूयया । शांडिल्यया च सत्या च लक्ष्म्या च शतरूपया

Transliteration

pativratāsvaruṃdhatyā sāvitryāpyanasūyayā | śāṃḍilyayā ca satyā ca lakṣmyā ca śatarūpayā

Translation

ในหมู่สตรีผู้เลื่องชื่อว่าเป็นปติวรตา—อรุณธตี สาวิตรี อนสูยา ศาณฑิลยา สัตยา ลักษมี และศตรูปา—

Word by Word

• pati-vratā: devoted-to-husband
• pati-vratā: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental); एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘aruṃdhatyā’)

• aruṃdhatyā: by/with Arundhatī
• aruṃdhatyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruṃdhatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• sāvitryā: by/with Sāvitrī
• sāvitryā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्ययम् (particle: also/even)

• anasūyayā: by/with Anasūyā
• anasūyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anasūyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• śāṃḍilyayā: by/with Śāṃḍilyā
• śāṃḍilyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṃḍilyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction: and)

• satyā: by/with Satyā
• satyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्

• lakṣmyā: by/with Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्

• śatarūpayā: by/with Śatarūpā
• śatarūpayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatarūpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

Speaker

Agastya (deduced, continuing praise context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker recites a reverent roll-call of ideal wives—Arundhatī, Sāvitrī, Anasūyā, Śāṇḍilyā, Satyā, Lakṣmī, Śatarūpā—evoking their iconic attributes in a single composite tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• Sāvitrī
• Anasūyā
• Śāṇḍilyā
• Satyā
• Lakṣmī
• Śatarūpā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas teach dharma through exemplars; pativrata ideals are illustrated by renowned women remembered across traditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; the Kāśī setting remains the overarching frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a comparative invocation of exemplary figures.