Shloka 53
Pātivratya-kathana
The Narrative of the Pativrata
सा पत्नी नरकं याति यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश । सापत्नभावं या कुर्याद्भर्तृस्नेहेष्टया सह ॥ ५३ ॥
sā patnī narakaṃ yāti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa | sāpatnabhāvaṃ yā kuryādbhartṛsneheṣṭayā saha || 53 ||
যে স্ত্রী স্বামীর স্নেহে প্রিয় নারীর সঙ্গে সতীন-ভাব (প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা/সহভাগ) পোষণ করে, সে চৌদ্দ ইন্দ্রের কাল পর্যন্ত নরকে যায়।
Narada (instructional voice within the Uttara-Bhaga dharma narrative)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It warns that knowingly participating in or endorsing a dharmically improper marital arrangement (co-wifehood/rivalry around a husband’s partiality) is treated as serious adharma, bringing long-lasting negative karmic results described as naraka.
Bhakti in the Narada Purana is not separated from conduct: purity of relationships, restraint, and adherence to dharma are presented as supportive foundations for stable devotion and sattvic life.
A time-measure is conveyed through the puranic-vedic cosmological idiom—“fourteen Indras” (successive Indras across manvantaras)—used to emphasize the gravity and duration of karmic consequence rather than ritual technique.