Shloka 6
Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
अदिति: कश्यपस्याथ सर्वास्ता: पतिदेवता: । पृष्टाश्नोपासिताश्वैव तास्त्वया देवि नित्यश:
aditiḥ kaśyapasyātha sarvāstāḥ patidevatāḥ | pṛṣṭāśnupāsitāścaiva tāstvayā devi nityaśaḥ ||
કશ્યપની પત્ની અદિતિ— અને તેઓ સર્વે— પતિને દેવ સમાન માનનારી છે. દેવી! તું નિત્ય તેમને પૂછ્યું છે, તેમની સેવા-ઉપાસના કરી છે અને ધર્મ વિષે પ્રશ્ન કર્યા છે.
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.