Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 61
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
तस्य पत्न्योऽष्ट तिष्ठंति तन्मध्ये वरवर्णिनी । रूपयौवनसंपन्ना दयायुक्ता यशस्विनी
tasya patnyo'ṣṭa tiṣṭhaṃti tanmadhye varavarṇinī | rūpayauvanasaṃpannā dayāyuktā yaśasvinī
He has eight wives. Among them is one exquisite woman—endowed with beauty and youth, compassionate in nature, and renowned.
Unspecified narrator (context not provided in the input excerpt)
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: patnyo'ṣṭa = patnyaḥ aṣṭa (विसर्ग-सन्धि: अः + अ → ओऽ); tanmadhye is a tatpurusha compound (tad+madhya).
FAQs
It describes a man’s eight wives, highlighting one among them as exceptionally beautiful, youthful, compassionate, and famous.
Indirectly, it valorizes virtues like compassion (dayā) alongside outward qualities, implying that moral character is a defining mark of excellence.
From the excerpt alone the speaker cannot be identified with certainty; the verse appears as third-person narration within the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa’s ongoing account.