Shloka 59
Śāpaprāpti (Receiving a Curse) — Mohinī Narrative
हत्यायुतं भर्तृवधो निरर्थकमेतत्समं विप्रवरैः पुराकृतम् । न चापि चास्या भवतीह शुद्धिः समिद्भवह्नौ पतनेऽपि देवाः ॥ ५९ ॥
hatyāyutaṃ bhartṛvadho nirarthakametatsamaṃ vipravaraiḥ purākṛtam | na cāpi cāsyā bhavatīha śuddhiḥ samidbhavahnau patane'pi devāḥ || 59 ||
স্বামীবধ দশ সহস্র হত্যার সমান, সর্বনাশকারী কর্ম— এ কথা প্রাচীনকালে শ্রেষ্ঠ ব্রাহ্মণগণ ঘোষণা করেছেন। এমন নারীর এখানে শুদ্ধি নেই; যজ্ঞসমিধায় প্রজ্বলিত অগ্নিতে পতিত হলেও দেবগণ তা প্রায়শ্চিত্ত বলে মানেন না।
Sage Narada (narrative voice within Uttara-Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It emphasizes the extreme gravity of bhartṛ-vadha (husband-slaying) as a mahāpātaka-like act, warning that ordinary ritual expiations are not spiritually efficacious for certain crimes and that dharma has hard boundaries.
Indirectly, it shows that bhakti is not a license to ignore dharma: devotion in the Purāṇic worldview is grounded in moral conduct, and severe adharma obstructs inner purity required for genuine devotion.
It points to Kalpa (Dharmaśāstra/ritual procedure) by discussing prayāścitta—how ritual acts like entering a consecrated fire may be considered expiation in some cases, yet are deemed invalid for certain grave transgressions.