अनपत्यः क्रतुस्त्वस्मिन्स्मृतो वैवस्वतेंतरे । अत्रेः पत्न्यो दशैवासन्सुन्दर्यश्च पतिव्रताः
anapatyaḥ kratustvasminsmṛto vaivasvateṃtare | atreḥ patnyo daśaivāsansundaryaśca pativratāḥ
اس ویوسوت منونتر میں، کرتو کو بے اولاد یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔ اتری کی دس بیویاں تھیں—خوبصورت اور اپنے شوہروں کی وفادار۔
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.
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.