Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 42
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
न ज्ञायते गृहे केन जातस्त्विति स गूञकः बाह्मतः स्वयमानीतः सो ऽपविद्धः प्रकीर्तितः
na jñāyate gṛhe kena jātastviti sa gūñakaḥ bāhmataḥ svayamānītaḥ so 'paviddhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
إذا لم يُعرَف في بيتٍ مَن الذي أنجب الطفل، سُمِّي «غوḍهَجَ» (ذو أبوةٍ مستترة). وأمّا من أُدخِل إلى الأسرة من خارجها من تلقاء نفسه فيُعلَن «أپَوِدّها» (لقيطًا/طفلًا متروكًا مُلتقَطًا).
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FAQs
Gūḍhaja is defined by concealed/unknown paternity within a household context (the mother’s partner is not identified). Apaviddha is defined by origin outside the household and being taken in as an abandoned/found child—his social entry is through reception/adoption rather than birth within the home.
Many Purāṇas embed dharmaśāstra material—especially on lineage, inheritance, and ritual eligibility—because tīrtha-yātrā and ritual life presuppose social categories (gotra/putra status) for offerings, śrāddha, and household rites.
The verse is primarily taxonomic (naming categories) rather than moralizing; later dharma passages typically discuss rights/ritual standing, but the label itself functions as a juridical descriptor of origin.