Shloka 73
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
स्त्रीवधे त्वं महापापं किं नरेन्द्र न पश्यसि येन मां हन्तुम् अत्यर्थं प्रकरोषि नृपोद्यमम्
strīvadhe tvaṃ mahāpāpaṃ kiṃ narendra na paśyasi yena māṃ hantum atyarthaṃ prakaroṣi nṛpodyamam
हे नरेन्द्र! क्या तुम नहीं देखते कि स्त्री-वध महापाप है? फिर भी तुम मुझे मारने के लिए अत्यन्त राजकीय प्रयत्न कर रहे हो।
A threatened woman (unnamed in the provided excerpt) addressing a king in a dynastic narrative recounted by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya
FAQs
This verse frames violence against women as mahāpāpa (a grave sin), reinforcing that royal power is legitimate only when restrained by dharma.
Through narrative episodes where a king is confronted by dharmic speech, Parāśara highlights that rāja-udyama (royal enterprise) must serve justice, not personal wrath.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s worldview assumes dharma as part of Vishnu’s cosmic governance—adharma in rulership disrupts order and invites consequence.