Varaha Purana 22.3: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 3
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
आराध्य तपसा तस्य गृहे भूत्वा व्रजाम्यहम् । कथं गच्छामि पितरं दक्षं क्षपितबान्धवम् ॥ २२.३ ॥
ārādhya tapasā tasya gṛhe bhūtvā vrajāmy aham | kathaṃ gacchāmi pitaraṃ dakṣaṃ kṣapitabāndhavam || 22.3 ||
मैं तपस्या करके रुद्र को खुश करूंगी और उसके घर रहूंगी। लेकिन मैं कैसे अपने बाप दक्ष के पास जाऊं? उसके तो सारे रिश्तेदार मर गए हैं।
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It reflects a recurring Purāṇic narrative concern: the ethical tension between marital affiliation (entering a household through ascetic merit) and natal loyalty amid inter-lineage conflict, a motif widely attested across Purāṇic and Itihāsa traditions.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is interpersonal and genealogical (the figure of Dakṣa and the condition of his kin).
The verse foregrounds a moral dilemma: how to act responsibly when familial bonds are strained by violence and loss, emphasizing deliberation (kathaṃ—“how?”) rather than prescribing a single mandatory action.
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