Varaha Purana 175.28: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 28
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
Uttara Bhāga · Narrative Episodes (Māhātmya-linked Sacred Geography)
क्षामोदरी समकुक्षिः पीनोन्नतपयोधरा ॥ कम्बुग्रीवा संवृतास्या सुदती स्वधराहनुः
kṣāmodarī samakukṣiḥ pīnon-nata-payodharā | kambugrīvā saṃvṛtāsyā sudatī svadharāhanuḥ ||
kShAmodarI samakukShiH pInonnatapayodharA || kambugrIvA saMvRRitAsyA sudatI svadharAhanuH
उसकी कमर पतली थी, पेट साफ और सीधा। उसके सीने भरे हुए थे और ऊपर को थे। उसकी गर्दन शंख जैसी थी, मुँह अच्छा बना था। दाँत सुंदर थे और जबान पक्की थी।
Sandhi Notes
- पीनोन्नतपयोधरा = पीन-उन्नत-पयोधरा
- संवृतास्या = संवृत-आस्या
- स्वधराहनुः = स्व-धरा-हनुः (समास-विग्रहः अनुमानतः)
Varāha
Rūpa-lāvaṇya is compelling yet ethically ambivalent; the text’s poetic gaze can foreshadow attachment, temptation, or karmic entanglement.
Practice seeing beauty without grasping (asakti); cultivate respect and restraint; remember impermanence behind form.
Varāha Purāṇa 175.175.1 (seer’s jñāna-cakṣus—this is part of what is ‘seen’)
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic narrative style using classical bodily epithets, reflecting shared aesthetic conventions across Sanskrit literature.
No explicit place-name occurs in this verse; it is a descriptive passage rather than a geographic marker.
No direct ethical instruction is stated; the verse functions primarily as literary description within a narrative context.
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