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
Wenn der Ehemann impotent, wahnsinnig oder von einem Unglück heimgesucht ist, dann gilt: Bringt die Ehefrau — sofern sie selbst nicht krank ist — mit seiner Erlaubnis einen Sohn zur Welt, so heißt dieser Sohn ‘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.