Varaha Purana 208.80 — Adhyaya 208, Shloka 80
Narration of the Exemplum of the Pativratā
Devoted Wife
अभयं मे महाराज स्त्रीभ्यो भवतु मानद ॥ तत्श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य भास्करस्य तु मानदः ॥
abhayaṃ me mahārāja strībhyo bhavatu mānada || tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya bhāskarasya tu mānadaḥ ||
ข้าแต่พระมหาราช ขอให้สตรีทั้งหลายมีความปลอดภัยและไร้ความหวาดกลัวเพราะข้าพเจ้าเถิด โอ้ผู้ประทานเกียรติ ครั้นมานทะได้สดับถ้อยคำของภาสกะระแล้ว…
Varāha (default framework; explicit speaker not marked in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"observer; ethically concerned for beings on earth","key_question":"How should kings ensure protection and fearlessness for women as a matter of dharma?"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"rajaniti","instruction_summary":"The king must institute and guarantee abhaya (safety) for women—making their protection a public, enforceable duty.","karmic_consequence":"Ensuring women’s safety upholds rāja-dharma and yields merit, stability, and honor; failure brings sin, social disorder, and loss of legitimacy."}
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":"social dharma / governance ethics","core_concept":"Abhaya is a concrete expression of dharma: the strong (state/king) must remove fear from the vulnerable, especially women.","practical_application":"Translate compassion into policy: enforce protections, punish violators, and create conditions where women can move and live without fear."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Social conduct","Kingship"]
Primary Rasa: vīra
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: kingdom/jurisdiction (rājya)
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 208.85-208.88 (arrival of Sūrya and the king’s supplication leading to this request)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Sūrya (or the instructing divine voice within Varāha Purāṇa’s frame) commands the king: ‘Let there be fearlessness for women’; the king listens, honored and attentive.","item_prompts":["Sūrya with radiant halo speaking","king standing or kneeling in attentive posture","women in the background depicted safely (protected, unafraid)","symbolic gesture of protection (abhaya-mudrā)","court guards or law-emblems indicating governance"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Sūrya with prabhā and abhaya-mudrā; king receiving instruction; background vignette of women moving freely; ornate borders and saturated colors.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: central Sūrya with gold-embossed halo; king in añjali; small side-panel showing protected women; heavy gold ornamentation emphasizing ‘abhaya’.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: dignified ethical tableau; soft glow around Sūrya; king’s focused expression; subtle narrative background of safe public space.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: narrative split scene—foreground instruction, background pastoral/city path where women walk unafraid; delicate lines and bright accents."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative, protective","suggested_raga":"Todi","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"grave, commanding yet compassionate"}
FAQs
It reflects a dharma-oriented ideal of governance where public safety—especially the protection of socially vulnerable groups—is articulated as a royal or communal obligation within Purāṇic narrative ethics.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this fragment.
The verse foregrounds the principle of providing ‘abhaya’ (security/fearlessness), framed here specifically in relation to women.
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