Varaha Purana 22.23: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 23
Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
मत्पाणिग्रहणं भद्रे वृथा यदि करिष्यसि । तदानीं ब्रह्मणः पुत्र्यामाहारार्थं ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥ २२.२३ ॥
matpāṇigrahaṇaṃ bhadre vṛthā yadi kariṣyasi | tadānīṃ brahmaṇaḥ putryām āhārārthaṃ bravīmy aham || 22.23 ||
“Wahai wanita yang mulia, jika engkau berniat menjadikan pegangan tanganku (dalam ikatan perkahwinan) sia-sia, maka pada saat itu aku akan menyebut puteri Brahmā berkenaan hal memperoleh makanan untuk kelangsungan hidup.”
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; speaker not explicitly marked in excerpt)
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It preserves a conventional Sanskrit idiom—pāṇigrahaṇa (“taking the hand”)—used for marriage, showing how Purāṇic narrative integrates social-legal terminology into dialogue and ethical counsel.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily a relational and rhetorical statement within a dialogue.
The verse frames accountability in commitments: it cautions against rendering a formal pledge (here, marital hand-taking) meaningless, and signals a consequential shift in discourse toward survival/sustenance concerns (āhāra).
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