Shloka 88

मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः

Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association

Devanagari script

ततः सा पितरं तन्वी विवाहार्थम् अचोदयत् स चापि कारयाम् आस पिता तस्याः स्वयंवरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ sā pitaraṃ tanvī vivāhārtham acodayat sa cāpi kārayām āsa pitā tasyāḥ svayaṃvaram

Translation

Then the slender maiden urged her father to arrange her marriage; and her father, in response, had a svayaṃvara proclaimed for her.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'then/thereafter'

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तन्वी: the slender (maiden)
• तन्वी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् उपनाम

• विवाहार्थम्: for the purpose of marriage
• विवाहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विवाहस्य अर्थः)

• अचोदयत्: urged, prompted
• अचोदयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense not here—simple 'urged'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = 'also/even'

• कारयाम्: to cause to be done (to arrange)
• कारयाम्: Kriya (Auxiliary construction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative; तुमुन्-रहितम्—'कारयाम्' = infinitive-like (अव्ययभावे) used with 'आस' (periphrastic perfect)

• आस: did/caused (auxiliary)
• आस: Kriya (Auxiliary/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रयोगे परोक्षभूत/परिप्रयोग-परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; '...आस' = periphrastic perfect auxiliary

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्वयंवरम्: a svayaṃvara (self-choice ceremony)
• स्वयंवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयं + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वयम् वरः/स्वयं वरणम्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• the maiden (tanvī)
• her father
• svayaṃvara (marriage rite)

FAQs

What is the significance of a svayaṃvara in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, the svayaṃvara functions as a dharmic, publicly sanctioned means of forming a royal marriage alliance—supporting lineage continuity and stable sovereignty within the dynastic narrative.

How does Sage Parāśara explain social order through dynastic events?

By narrating concrete rites like marriage arrangements and svayaṃvaras, Parāśara shows how personal choices are integrated into public dharma, ensuring legitimate succession and orderly transmission of power.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in a specific verse, the Purāṇic lineage framework is presented as operating within Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty—where dharma-guided institutions uphold the world’s continuity.