Varaha Purana 49.19: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 19
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
अगस्त्य उवाच । इयं राज्ञी त्वया याऽभूद् दासी वैश्यस्य वैदिशे । नगरे हरिदत्तस्य त्वमस्याः पतिरेव च । तस्यैव कर्मकारोऽभूच्छूद्रः सेवनतत्परः ॥ ४९.१९ ॥
agastya uvāca | iyaṃ rājñī tvayā yā ’bhūd dāsī vaiśyasya vaidiśe | nagare haridattasya tvam asyāḥ patir eva ca | tasyaiva karmakāro ’bhūc chūdraḥ sevanatatparaḥ || 49.19 ||
ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು: "ನಿನ್ನೊಂದಿಗಿರುವ ಈ ರಾಣಿಯು, ವಿದಿಶಾ ನಗರದ ವೈಶ್ಯ ಹರಿದತ್ತನ ದಾಸಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಳು. ಮತ್ತು ನೀನು ಅವಳ ಪತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದೆ. ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತನಾದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಶೂದ್ರನು ಅವನ ಕೆಲಸಗಾರನಾಗಿದ್ದನು."
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative framing of social roles (queen, servant, vaiśya, śūdra) and labor relationships, useful for studying how later Sanskrit literature describes status, service, and household structures in an ethical-causal (karma) storyline.
Vidiśā (IAST: Vidiśā; adjective: vaidiśa), an ancient city in central India, commonly identified with the historical Vidisha near present-day Besnagar in Madhya Pradesh.
Within a karma-vipāka style narrative, the verse links personal actions to changes in social position and relational outcomes, presenting status and service as consequences within an ethical-causal framework rather than as mere birth descriptors.
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