Varaha Purana 137.158: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 158
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
सुखे हि वर्तसे नित्यं महाराजोऽसि सुन्दरः ॥ बह्व्यो मत्सदृशा भार्या स्तिष्ठन्त्यन्तःपुरे तव
sukhe hi vartase nityaṃ mahārājo 'si sundaraḥ || bahvyo matsadṛśā bhāryās tiṣṭhanty antaḥpure tava
तुम हमेशा सुख में रहते हो, बड़े राजा हो और सूरत भी अच्छी है। तुम्हारे अंदर महल में मेरी जैसी बहुत पत्नियाँ हैं।
Unclear; likely a woman addressing a king (courtly dialogue)
FAQs
It preserves a stylized depiction of royal domestic space (antaḥpura), useful for understanding how Purāṇic texts imagine courtly life and polygyny as a narrative setting.
No geographic location is identified; the setting is a generalized royal palace.
Implicitly, the verse frames considerations of desire, status, and domestic arrangements; it does not present a direct moral command in the excerpt.
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