Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 18
*ब्रह्मोवाच नारी याभर्तृकाकस्मात् तनुस्ते त्यक्तभूषणा न राजते तथा शक्र म्लानवक्त्रशिरोरुहा //
*brahmovāca nārī yābhartṛkākasmāt tanuste tyaktabhūṣaṇā na rājate tathā śakra mlānavaktraśiroruhā //
બ્રહ્માએ કહ્યું—હે શક્ર! પતિ ધરાવતી એ સ્ત્રી કેમ એટલી કૃશ થઈ ગઈ છે? આભૂષણો ત્યજી દેતાં તે પહેલાં જેવી તેજસ્વી નથી; તેનું મુખ અને શિરના વાળ મ્લાન થયા છે।
FAQs
This verse is not about Pralaya; it is an ethical-social observation describing visible signs of distress and loss of auspiciousness in a married woman.
It frames a dharmic concern: a ruler or householder should notice neglect, grief, or injustice within the household/social order—signs like abandonment of ornaments and a withered appearance indicate suffering that warrants inquiry and protection.
No Vāstu or temple-architecture rule is stated here; the closest ritual-cultural point is the idea of auspicious adornment (bhūṣaṇa) as a marker of well-being and social auspiciousness.