Matsya Purana — Yayāti in Amarāvatī-like Splendor: Devayānī Installed, Shloka 12
*शर्मिष्ठोवाच सोमश्चेन्द्रश्च वायुश्च यमश्च वरुणश्च वा तव वा नाहुष गृहे कः स्त्रियं द्रष्टुमर्हति //
*śarmiṣṭhovāca somaścendraśca vāyuśca yamaśca varuṇaśca vā tava vā nāhuṣa gṛhe kaḥ striyaṃ draṣṭumarhati //
قالت شَرْمِشْتَا: «سواء أكان سوما أم إندرا أم فايُو أم يَما أم فارونا—أو أيًّا كان—يا ناهوشا، من ذا الذي يَحِقّ له في بيتك أن ينظر إلى امرأة؟»
FAQs
Nothing directly—this verse is part of a royal-dynastic dialogue and focuses on household propriety rather than cosmology or Pralaya.
It reflects a norm of guarded domestic space and controlled access to women in a noble household—an idea tied to household discipline, reputation, and royal decorum as portrayed in Purāṇic narratives.
No explicit Vāstu or ritual rule is stated; at most, it implies the concept of a protected inner household (private quarters), a social idea that later intersects with domestic spatial organization.