Varaha Purana 22.49: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 49
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
स वीतशोको विरजो विशुद्धः शुभाननां देववराय दत्त्वा । उमां महात्मा हिमवानद्रिराजः पैतामहे लोक इवाध्वरे भात् ॥ २२.४९ ॥
sa vītaśoko virajo viśuddhaḥ śubhānanāṃ devavarāya dattvā | umāṃ mahātmā himavān adrirājaḥ paitāmahe loka ivādhvare bhāt || 22.49 ||
Von Kummer befreit, makellos und gereinigt, erstrahlte der großherzige Himavān—König der Berge—nachdem er Umā mit glückverheißendem Antlitz dem erhabensten der Götter gegeben hatte, in der Ahnenwelt (paitāmaha), gleichsam wie in einem Opferritus.
Varāha (default narrative voice, speaker not explicit in the verse fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative style that links dynastic or familial events (the giving of Umā in marriage) with ritual prestige and cosmic/ancestral realms, illustrating how social rites are framed as culturally significant within Purāṇic literature.
Himavān refers to the Himalayan mountain range personified as a royal figure (adri-rāja). In historical geography, this corresponds broadly to the Himalayas of South Asia.
The verse foregrounds purification and emotional equanimity (vītaśoka, viraja, viśuddha) in the aftermath of major life transitions, presenting an ideal of composure and ritual-social responsibility.
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