Shloka 5
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
तां गर्भधारिणीं सोऽथ सान्त्वयित्वा वरूथिनीम् ।
विप्ररूपधरो यातस्तया प्रीत्या विसर्जितः ॥
tāṃ garbha-dhāriṇīṃ so 'tha sāntvayitvā varūthinīm / vipra-rūpa-dharo yātas tayā prītyā visarjitaḥ
Dann, nachdem er Varūthinī, die ein Kind trug, getröstet hatte, zog er fort, in der Gestalt eines Brāhmaṇa, von ihr liebevoll verabschiedet.
FAQs
The Purāṇa often portrays appearances as mutable and warns against taking forms at face value; nonetheless, the ethical focus remains on consequences—pregnancy, lineage, and responsibility.
Manvantara narrative detail feeding Vaṃśānucarita: it closes the conception episode and transitions to birth.
‘Brāhmaṇa-form’ can symbolize the covering of raw desire with social/ritual legitimacy; the narrative hints at the tension between outer dharma-markers and inner motives.