Varaha Purana 8.12: Adhyaya 8, Shloka 12
Dialogue on the Ethical Limits of Subsistence and the Five Great Sacrifices
Dharmavyādha, Mātaṅga, and Prasanna
धर्मव्याधस्तदा कन्यां दत्वा स्वगृहमीयिवान् । सा अपि श्वशुरयोर्भर्तुः शुश्रूषणपरा अभवत् ॥ ८.१२ ॥
dharmavyādhas tadā kanyāṃ datvā svagṛham īyivān | sā ’pi śvaśurayor bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇaparā ’bhavat || 8.12 ||
फिर धरमव्याध ने बेटी की शादी करके अपने घर चला गया। वो लड़की भी अपने ससुराल में अच्छी लग गई। अपने सस-जी और पति की खूब सेवा करती थी।
Varāha (default narrator-instructor framework; speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic-era ideal of gṛhastha (householder) ethics, emphasizing socially recognized duties within marriage and the extended household, which is useful for reconstructing norms discussed in Sanskrit narrative and dharma-oriented literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on domestic conduct rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds attentive care and service (śuśrūṣaṇa) within family life—especially toward one’s spouse and parents-in-law—as a model of disciplined household responsibility.
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