Shloka 6
Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
अदिति: कश्यपस्याथ सर्वास्ता: पतिदेवता: । पृष्टाश्नोपासिताश्वैव तास्त्वया देवि नित्यश:,ब्रह्माजीकी पत्नी सावित्री साध्वी हैं। इन्द्रपत्नी शची भी सती हैं। विष्णुकी प्यारी पत्नी लक्ष्मी पतिव्रता हैं। इसी प्रकार यमकी भार्या धृति, मार्कण्डेयकी पत्नी धूमोर्णा, कुबेरकी स्त्री ऋद्धि, वरुणकी भार्या गौरी, सूर्यकी पत्नी सुवर्चला, चन्द्रमाकी साध्वी स्त्री रोहिणी, अग्निकी भार्या स्वाहा और कश्यपकी पत्नी अदिति--ये सब-की-सब पतितव्रता देवियाँ हैं। देवि! तुमने इन सबका सदा संग किया है और इन सबसे धर्मकी बात पूछी है
aditiḥ kaśyapasyātha sarvāstāḥ patidevatāḥ | pṛṣṭāśnupāsitāścaiva tāstvayā devi nityaśaḥ ||
Śrī Maheśvara said: “Aditi, the wife of Kaśyapa, and indeed all those noble ladies are devoted to their husbands as to a deity. You, O Goddess, have continually approached them, served and honored them, and questioned them about righteous conduct.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds the ideal of pativratā-dharma: exemplary women are portrayed as treating devotion to the husband as a sacred duty, and the Goddess is praised for learning dharma through respectful inquiry and service to such exemplars.
Maheśvara addresses the Goddess, noting that she has regularly associated with and honored devoted wives—especially Aditi, Kaśyapa’s wife—and has asked them about righteous conduct, framing her conduct as disciplined learning through virtuous company.