Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 40
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
क्लीबोन्मत्ते व्यसनिनि पत्यौ तस्याज्ञया तु या भार्या ह्यनातुरा पुत्रं जनयेत् क्षेत्रजस्तु सः
klībonmatte vyasanini patyau tasyājñayā tu yā bhāryā hyanāturā putraṃ janayet kṣetrajastu saḥ
إذا كان الزوجُ عاجزًا جنسيًّا، أو مجنونًا، أو مُصابًا بنازلةٍ من النوازل، فإن الزوجةَ—إن لم تكن مريضة—إذا أنجبت ابنًا بإذنه، فإن ذلك الابن يُسمّى “kṣetraja”.
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FAQs
Kṣetraja literally means ‘born in the field’: the wife is the ‘field’ (kṣetra). When the husband cannot procreate due to incapacity, a son conceived in the wife through an authorized arrangement is classified as kṣetraja—legally connected to the husband’s lineage because it occurs under his permission.
It signals fitness and propriety: the act is framed as a regulated, duty-oriented measure for lineage continuity, not as uncontrolled sexuality. The wife’s health and capacity are part of the normative conditions for a legitimate outcome.
No. The defining condition is ‘tasyājñayā’—by the husband’s authorization—within a constrained dharmic framework aimed at preserving household lineage and ritual continuity. The category exists precisely to distinguish regulated exceptions from illicit relations.