Shloka 58
Enumeration and Description of Classes of Sins and Their Consequences
निर्लज्जपुण्ड्रकाः केचिद्बद्धपौरुषगण्डकाः ॥ स्त्रीबन्धकाः स्त्रीविनाशाः स्त्रीवेषाः स्त्रीविहारिणः
nirlajjapuṇḍrakāḥ kecid baddhapauruṣagaṇḍakāḥ || strībandhakāḥ strīvināśāḥ strīveṣāḥ strīvihāriṇaḥ
ಕೆಲವರು ಲಜ್ಜೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಕೆಲವರ ಪುರುಷತ್ವ ಬಂಧಿತವಾಗಿ ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ಇನ್ನೂ ಕೆಲವರು ಸ್ತ್ರೀಬಂಧಕರು, ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಿನಾಶಕರು, ಸ್ತ್ರೀವೇಷಧಾರಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರ ಹಿಂದೆ ಅಲೆದಾಡುವವರು ಆಗುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"narakas","instruction_summary":"Shameless hypocrisy (sect-marks without conduct), coercion/violence toward women, predatory pursuit, and gender-disguise framed as immoral categories are listed as signs of adharma.","karmic_consequence":"Such adharma marks one for degraded status and suffering results described in the karmic sequence of the chapter."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"dharma vs. dāmbhika (hypocrisy) critique","core_concept":"External religious markers without inner restraint become ‘nir-lajja’ hypocrisy; harm and coercion toward others (especially women) is a decisive sign of adharma.","practical_application":"Prioritize inner discipline over outward display; practice non-harm, consent, and protection of the vulnerable; avoid exploiting religious identity as cover for vice."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social Conduct (textual categories)"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 203.63 (preceding list of condemned behaviors); Varāha Purāṇa 203.65–66 (attachment and downstream corruption)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Varāha points out types of adharma: hypocrites with ostentatious sect-marks, coercers and destroyers of women, and predatory roamers—shown as symbolic figures around him.","item_prompts":["Varāha teaching gesture","figure with exaggerated forehead-mark (puṇḍra) and shameless posture","chains/locked door symbolizing confinement","torn veil/lotus symbolizing harm to womanhood (symbolic)","shadowy prowler figure"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: stylized figures with clear iconography (puṇḍra, chains) but restrained depiction; Varāha central, moral clarity through color contrast.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-highlighted Varāha; surrounding emblematic medallions (puṇḍra, chain, mask) representing vices; ornate frame.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: classical restraint; symbolic props and expressive faces; emphasis on didactic clarity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative border scenes with gentle stylization; moral allegory through animals/shadows rather than explicit violence."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"reproachful, forceful","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"authoritative, slightly rising emphasis on listed epithets"}
FAQs
The verse preserves a premodern catalogue of stigmatized behaviors, relevant for historians studying moral discourse, gender norms, and social control in Purāṇic textual environments.
No geographic location is identified.
It condemns coercion and harm toward women and frames certain forms of deception or predation as socially destructive within the text’s moral horizon.