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Varaha Purana 180.3: Adhyaya 180, Shloka 3

The Glory of Dhruva-Tīrtha: Rules of Ancestor Libations and Śrāddha, and the Consequences of Lineage-Continuity

तस्य नार्यः शते द्वे तु कुलशीलवयोयुते ॥ तासां मध्येऽधिका चैका पतिव्रतपरायणा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 180.3

tasya nāryaḥ śate dve tu kulaśīlavayoyute || tāsāṁ madhye 'dhikā caikā pativrataparāyaṇā

उसकी दो सौ रानियाँ थी, सब अच्छे घर की, अच्छी और जवान। उनमें से एक सबसे बड़ी थी, जो अपने पति के साथ सच्ची वफा रखती थी।

तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (of him)
नार्यःwives
नार्यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन
शतेtwo hundreds
शते:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, द्विवचन (dual) (two hundreds)
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; संख्या-विशेषण
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
कुलशीलवयोयुतेendowed with good family, character, and youth
कुलशीलवयोयुते:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुल + शील + वयस् + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वपूर्वक बहुव्रीह्यर्थ-विशेषण-प्रयोगः (कुलं च शीलं च वयश्च—तैः युताः = endowed with family, conduct, and youth)
तासाम्of them
तासाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन
मध्येin the midst
मध्ये:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative)
अधिकाsuperior
अधिका:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनावाचक (superior)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
एकाone (woman)
एका:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
पतिव्रतपरायणाdevoted to her husband (chaste)
पतिव्रतपरायणा:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपति + व्रत + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पतिव्रते परायणा = devoted to husbandly vow)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
S
Social History
D
Dharma Literature

FAQs

It illustrates Purāṇic narrative conventions around household virtue and exemplary figures, offering material for social-historical study of ideals and literary tropes.

No place-name occurs in this verse; it continues the story set in the previously mentioned city associated with Dhruva-tīrtha.

It foregrounds an ideal of steadfast commitment within household life (pativratā) as a valued ethical exemplar in the narrative frame.

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