Shloka 5
Adhyāya 152 — Bhīṣma’s Authorization for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Return to the Capital (नगरप्रवेशानुज्ञा)
वरुणस्य तथा गौरी सूर्यस्य च सुवर्चला । रोहिणी शशिन: साध्वी स्वाहा चैव विभावसो:
varuṇasya tathā gaurī sūryasya ca suvarcalā | rohiṇī śaśinaḥ sādhvī svāhā caiva vibhāvasoḥ |
Wika ni Maheśvara: “Si Gaurī ang asawa ni Varuṇa; si Suvarcalā ang asawa ni Sūrya. Si Rohiṇī ang malinis na kabiyak ni Candra, at si Svāhā naman ay asawa rin ni Vibhāvasu (Agni).”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reinforces pativratā-dharma by naming divine consorts renowned for chastity and fidelity, presenting them as ethical exemplars whose conduct defines an ideal of steadfast virtue.
Maheśvara enumerates the wives of major deities—Varuṇa, Sūrya, the Moon, and Agni—within a larger admonition/praise, reminding the addressed goddess that she has associated with such paragons and sought instruction about dharma from them.