Varaha Purana 96.52: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 52
The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
अन्याः सूतिगृहे छिद्रं गृह्णीयुस्तत्र पूजिताः ॥ निवसिष्यन्ति देवेश तथान्या जातहारिकाः ॥
anyāḥ sūtigṛhe chidraṃ gṛhṇīyus tatra pūjitāḥ || nivasiṣyanti deveśa tathānyā jātahārikāḥ ||
कुछ और लोग हैं जो डिलीवरी रूम में रहते हैं। वो वहाँ छेदें ले लेते हैं। इन्हे लोग पूजा करते हैं। इनका नाम जातहारिका है, यह नए बच्चे को ले जाने वाले हैं।
Rudra (continuation of instruction)
FAQs
It preserves domestic-ritual vocabulary (sūtigṛha) and spirit-classification terms, relevant to historians of family rites and protective practices in Sanskrit traditions.
No external geography is named; the ‘location’ is a domestic interior (the childbirth room).
The passage suggests containment and appeasement—assigning places and honoring rites to prevent harm to vulnerable persons (especially mothers and newborns).
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