Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ता भ्रममाणा इतस्ततः । भार्यास्तत्र मुनीनां ताः षण्णां षट्कृत्तिकाः शुभाः
etasminnaṃtare prāptā bhramamāṇā itastataḥ | bhāryāstatra munīnāṃ tāḥ ṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ śubhāḥ
ในระหว่างนั้น เหล่าภริยาของฤๅษีทั้งหก ผู้เป็นกฤตติกาทั้งหกอันเป็นมงคล ก็พเนจรไปมาแล้วมาถึง ณ ที่นั้น
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)
Tirtha: Śarastamba (Kṛttikā-sannidhi)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Six radiant women (Kṛttikās), auspicious and wandering, arrive at the reed-thicket; their presence feels like stars descending to earth, bringing maternal grace.
FAQs
The Purāṇas portray divine destiny unfolding through dharmic guardians—here, the Kṛttikās—who arrive at the crucial moment.
The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the verse itself highlights the arrival at that sanctified locale without naming it explicitly.
No ritual prescription is stated in this verse.