Shloka 88
The Glory of the Devoted Wife (Pativratā) and the Māṇḍavya Curse: Sunrise Halted and Restored
सकृच्छृणोति यः पूतो दुष्कृतौघाद्विमुच्यते । सुरालयमवाप्नोति स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टो धनी भवेत्
sakṛcchṛṇoti yaḥ pūto duṣkṛtaughādvimucyate | surālayamavāpnoti svargādbhraṣṭo dhanī bhavet
جو اسے ایک بار بھی سن لے وہ پاک ہو جاتا ہے اور بداعمالیوں کے سیلاب سے چھوٹ جاتا ہے۔ وہ دیوتاؤں کے دھام کو پاتا ہے؛ اور اگر جنت سے بھی گر جائے تو زمین پر دولت مند ہو جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified (context-dependent; verse states a phalaśruti—benefit of hearing).
Concept: Even a single act of attentive hearing purifies and dissolves accumulated demerit; sacred sound is transformative.
Application: Make daily time for śāstra-śravaṇa (reading/listening), even briefly; treat it as inner hygiene that reshapes habits and speech.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A listener sits with folded hands as a sage recites; from the spoken syllables rise luminous waves that wash away dark, smoky forms symbolizing pāpa like a receding flood. Above, a radiant stairway leads to Suraloka, while on earth a shower of grains and coins hints at prosperity even after celestial merit is spent.","primary_figures":["A reciting sage","A devoted listener","Devas (distant, welcoming)"],"setting":"Forest āśrama with a small fire altar; the sky opens into a glimpse of Svarga’s terraces.","lighting_mood":"golden dawn","color_palette":["sunrise gold","smoke gray","river blue","sandalwood beige","vermillion"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: sage on a decorated seat reciting, listener kneeling, embossed gold syllable-streams forming a radiant arc to Svarga, dark pāpa-clouds dissolving below, lavish gold leaf halos, ruby and emerald garments, ornate celestial balcony with devas.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate āśrama scene with delicate trees and a small kuṇḍa, fine calligraphic akṣaras floating like fireflies, soft dawn wash, distant pale-blue Svarga architecture, subtle depiction of ‘pāpa-flood’ as ink-like water receding.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: iconic sage and listener with bold outlines, stylized sound-waves as repeating lotus/spiral motifs, pāpa shown as dark serpentine forms dissolving, bright yellow-red-green palette, symmetrical celestial doorway above.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: ornate border of tulip-lotus vines (even if Tulasi not explicit), central sound-halo of Sanskrit akṣaras, deep indigo ground with gold highlights, celestial attendants at top corners, prosperity symbols (grain, coins) rendered as decorative motifs."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"reverent-soft","sound_elements":["tanpura drone","temple bells (soft)","forest birds","crackling sacred fire","silence between verses"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: sakṛt+śṛṇoti → sakṛcchṛṇoti; duṣkṛtaughāt+vimucyate → duṣkṛtaughādvimucyate; surālayam+avāpnoti → surālayamavāpnoti; svargāt+bhraṣṭaḥ → svargādbhraṣṭaḥ.
FAQs
Śravaṇa—devotional hearing. The verse says that hearing the teaching/recitation even once purifies a person and removes accumulated wrongdoing.
Freedom from a mass of sinful actions and attainment of the surālayam, the divine/heavenly realm (svarga).
It expresses residual merit: even if heavenly merit is exhausted and one returns to earthly life, the remaining puṇya manifests as prosperity and favorable conditions.