Shrutakirti

Shrutakirti appears in the wedding sequence as the bride paired with Śatrughna. Her brief appearance places her within the collective marriage of the royal princes, in a scene where Janak’s instructions are obeyed and the couples’ union is formalized by joining hands.

Identity and Narrative Presence

The passage names Shrutakirti when Janak turns to Śatrughna and directs him to take her hand. It gives no separate account of her background or actions beyond her role in the wedding ceremony, so her place in the narrative is established through this pairing.

The Wedding Scene

Janak first addresses Bharat and Mandavi, then Śatrughna and Shrutakirti. He urges the princes to keep the vows made that day. The young men obey, and the brides place their hands in theirs; the scene thus presents Shrutakirti’s marriage as part of a shared royal observance rather than an individual episode.

Narrative Significance

Shrutakirti’s recorded significance is relational and ceremonial: she is identified as Śatrughna’s bride at the moment the couples’ vows are enacted. The scene links her to the royal marriages through Janak’s direction and the couples’ joined hands, but the supplied passage does not develop her character beyond that event.