Varaha Purana 90.7: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 7
Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi
Pūrva Bhāga · Devī-stuti: Praise and Social/Ritual Efficacy (Textually Uncertain Reading)
ऋतुस्नातां स्त्रियं गच्छेद्यस्त्वां स्तुत्वा वरानने । तस्यावश्यं भवेत्सृष्टिस्त्वत्प्रसादात्प्रजेश्वरि । स्वरूपा विजया भद्रा सर्वशत्रुप्रमोहिनी ॥
ṛtusnātāṁ striyaṁ gacched yas tvāṁ stutvā varānane | tasyāvaśyaṁ bhavet sṛṣṭis tvat-prasādāt prajeśvari | svarūpā vijayā bhadrā sarva-śatru-pramohinī ||
RRitusnAtAM striyaM gachChed yastvAM stutvA varAnane | tasyAvashyaM bhavet sRRiShTistvatprasAdAt prajeshvari | svarUpA vijayA bhadrA sarvashatrupramohini
โอ้ผู้พักตร์งาม ผู้ใดสรรเสริญพระองค์แล้วเข้าไปหาสตรีผู้ชำระตนตามฤดูกาล (ฤตุสนาตา) ผู้นั้นย่อมมีบุตรสืบสกุลอย่างแน่นอน ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ โอ้พระนางผู้เป็นใหญ่แห่งประชา. พระองค์คือสภาวะอันแท้จริง คือชัยชนะ คือความเป็นมงคล—ผู้ทำให้ศัตรูทั้งปวงหลงใหลสับสน.
Sandhi Notes
- गच्छेद्यः = गच्छेत् + यः
- यस्त्वाम् = यः + त्वाम्
- तस्यावश्यम् = तस्य + अवश्यम्
- भवेत्सृष्टिः = भवेत् + सृष्टिः
- त्वत्प्रसादात् = त्वत् + प्रसादात्
- प्रसादात्प्रजेश्वरि = प्रसादात् + प्रजेश्वरि
- सर्वशत्रुप्रमोहिनी = सर्व-शत्रु-प्रमोहिनी
Varāha
Benevolent, fertility-granting, auspicious
Desire (for progeny) becomes dharmic when aligned with purity, proper timing, and devotion; outcomes depend on both conduct and divine favor.
Approach family life with ritual mindfulness, mutual respect, and prayer; treat fertility and progeny as responsibilities under dharma.
Varāha links Bhū/Devī’s praise to fertility/progeny outcomes, presenting her as Prajeśvarī who grants creation/offspring through favor.
Microcosm mirrors macrocosm: as Bhū is the source of all beings, human procreation is framed as participation in her creative power, activated through stuti and right-ṛtu (proper season/order).
Conception is implicitly treated like a rite: praise (stuti) as mantra, proper season as ṛta/ṛtu alignment.
Emphasizes śakti and grace (prasāda) as causal alongside human action; dharmic alignment with ṛta supports desired outcomes in saṃsāra.
A man seeking progeny should first praise the Goddess and then approach his wife when she is ṛtu-snātā (ritually purified at the proper fertile season).
Following the prescribed timing and reverence is said to yield assured progeny by Devī’s grace; disregard implies loss of the promised fruit (progeny/auspiciousness) and invites inauspiciousness.
Varāha Purāṇa 90.90 (stuti leading to worldly fruits)
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic texts embed social-ritual terminology alongside hymn praise, reflecting historical norms recorded in Sanskrit textual culture.
No geographic location is mentioned.
The verse foregrounds auspicious intention and ordered conduct within a ritualized social framework; it is best read descriptively as a record of norms rather than universal prescription.
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