अधोजातिसमुद्भूता सच्छूद्रात्क्रमहीनजा । विवाहो दशधा तेषां दशधा पुत्रता भवेत्
adhojātisamudbhūtā sacchūdrātkramahīnajā | vivāho daśadhā teṣāṃ daśadhā putratā bhavet
અધોજાતિમાંથી ઉત્પન્ન અને સચ્છૂદ્રમાંથી પણ ક્રમહીન રીતે જન્મેલાઓ માટે વિવાહ દશવિધ કહેવાયો છે; તેમ જ પુત્રત્વ પણ દશવિધ ગણાય છે।
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a sage/king)
Scene: An instructive assembly: a teacher/sage explaining categories with a manuscript, listeners seated; symbolic panels showing different marriage forms and corresponding sons as schematic vignettes.
The text frames social and familial arrangements through codified categories, emphasizing order and dharma in household life.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
A classification is introduced: ten kinds of marriage and ten kinds of sonship.
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