Varaha Purana 49.31: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 31
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
Pūrva Bhāga · Dharma-śāstra / Gṛhastha-nīti (Ethics of household conduct)
सा स्त्री धन्या स शूद्रस्तु तथा धन्यतरो मतः । भर्तुः सुश्रूषणं कृत्वा तत्परोक्षे हरेरिति ॥ ४९.३१ ॥
sā strī dhanyā sa śūdras tu tathā dhanyataro mataḥ | bhartuḥ suśrūṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā tatparokṣe harer iti || 49.31 ||
sA strI dhanyA sa shUdrastu tathA dhanyataro mataH | bhartuH sushrUShaNaM kRRitvA tatparokShe hareriti || 49.31 ||
सा स्त्री धन्या, स शूद्रस्तथा धन्यतरो मतः। भर्तुः सुश्रूषणं कृत्वा, तत्परोक्षे हरेरिति जपति॥
Sandhi Notes
- शूद्रस्तु = शूद्रः + तु
- तत्परोक्षे = तत् + परोक्षे
- हरेरिति = हरेः + इति (विसर्ग-सन्धि: हरेः→हरेर्)
Varāha
Devotion to Hari can be integrated into ordinary roles; inner orientation (Hari-smaraṇa) elevates social duty into spiritual practice.
Transform routine service into worship through remembrance, mantra, and ethical care; cultivate devotion even when unobserved (tad-parokṣe).
Household service (suśrūṣā) and remembrance/invocation of Hari—even in the husband’s absence—marks a woman (and likewise a Śūdra in analogous service) as ‘dhanya’ (fortunate).
Faithful service joined with Hari-bhakti yields auspiciousness and moral esteem; neglect of duty and devotion implies loss of ‘dhanyatva’ and spiritual merit.
Hari invoked as iṣṭa-devatā within household dharma
Varāha Purāṇa 49.49.32 (dvija-suśrūṣā and permission/anujñā)
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic-era ethical discourse on household roles and merit (dhanya), illustrating how social duty and devotional language are framed as culturally valued conduct within the broader Sanskrit normative tradition.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ethical and domestic rather than topographical.
The verse commends attentive service (suśrūṣaṇa) within household relationships and associates such conduct with merit, additionally linking it to remembrance or invocation of Hari in the spouse’s absence.
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