Shloka 89
मायामोह-प्रवर्तन, वेदमार्ग-बहिष्कार, तथा पाषण्ड-संसर्ग-दोषः
Māyāmoha’s Delusion, Rejection of the Vedic Path, and the Fault of Heretical Association
स्वयंवरे कृते सा तं संप्राप्तं पतिम् आत्मनः वरयाम् आस भूयो ऽपि भर्तृभावेन भामिनी
svayaṃvare kṛte sā taṃ saṃprāptaṃ patim ātmanaḥ varayām āsa bhūyo 'pi bhartṛbhāvena bhāminī
スヴァヤンヴァラが行われると、その気概ある女性は、自らに定められた主として来たその同じ人を、再び夫として選び、夫婦の敬虔なまごころをもって受け入れた。
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya within the dynastic history)
FAQs
It functions as a dharmic, publicly witnessed rite that legitimizes marital choice and, in dynastic narration, validates succession and lineage continuity.
By describing her choosing the man who had already “come as her husband,” the verse blends personal selection with the sense of a fated, rightful marital bond.
Even in royal domestic episodes, the Vishnu Purana’s dharma-centered storytelling implies an ordered cosmos under Vishnu’s sovereignty, where social rites support stability and righteous continuity.