Varaha Purana 209.13 — Adhyaya 209, Shloka 13
Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā
Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion
न शृणोति न पश्येद्या मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ॥ स्नान्ती च तिष्ठती वापि कुर्वन्ती वा प्रसाधनम् ॥
na śṛṇoti na paśyedyā mṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || snāntī ca tiṣṭhatī vāpi kurvantī vā prasādhanam ||
അത്തരം വിനോദങ്ങൾ കേൾക്കാതെയും കാണാതെയും ഇരിക്കുന്ന അവൾ മരണദ്വാരം കാണുന്നില്ല. അവൾ കുളിക്കുകയായാലും, നിൽക്കുകയായാലും, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അലങ്കാരം ചെയ്യുകയായാലും—
Varāha (default, instructor voice)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Even amid daily routines (bathing, standing/working, adorning), the disciplined woman avoids hearing/seeing distracting entertainments; such restraint is linked to not encountering the ‘gate of death’.","karmic_consequence":"Maintained indriya-saṃyama in ordinary life yields protective merit (avoidance of mṛtyu-dvāra imagery); laxity implies moral drift and heightened peril."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"everyday sādhana","core_concept":"Spiritual safety is sustained by continuous vigilance, not occasional austerity—discipline must persist through mundane acts (snāna, prasādhana).","practical_application":"Build ‘micro-restraints’ into daily life: mindful media/entertainment intake, guarded speech and attention, and routine-based reminders of one’s vows and duties."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Sense-restraint","Domestic routine"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: dharmavīra
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 209.13 (performing arts as distraction list); Varāha Purāṇa 209.9–12 (pativratā ideal framing)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A household interior: the woman bathes or stands at a mirror adorning herself, yet turns away from distant music/dance; the ‘death-gate’ is shown as something she does not face or approach.","item_prompts":["bathing vessel (kalaśa) or water pot","mirror/comb/ornaments (prasādhana)","wife averting gaze and closing ears","faint music/dance scene outside window/doorway","shadowy mṛtyu-dvāra motif kept out of her line of sight"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: domestic chamber with stylized bathing and adornment items; wife’s composed posture; outside, faint performers; symbolic dark arch partially hidden.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: richly ornamented interior with gold highlights on jewelry and vessels; wife’s restraint emphasized by calm face; outside scene muted; mṛtyu-dvāra as dark inset panel.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant domestic realism, fine textiles; subtle moral narrative through composition—wife centered, distractions peripheral; soft chiaroscuro.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate room with lattice window; outside, tiny festive figures; inside, wife in quiet discipline; distant doorway shaded as mṛtyu-dvāra."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"disciplined, quietly cautionary","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"steady, matter-of-fact, with slight emphasis on the routine verbs (snāntī, tiṣṭhatī, prasādhana)"}
FAQs
It documents everyday-life vocabulary (bathing, adornment) within a Purāṇic ethical framework, useful for social-historical reading.
No geographic location is referenced.
Avoiding sensory distractions is presented as supportive of the pativratā ideal and is linked to auspicious outcomes.
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