Varaha Purana 209.13 — Adhyaya 209, Shloka 13
Description of the Greatness of the Pativratā
Marital Fidelity and Ethical Devotion
न शृणोति न पश्येद्या मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ॥ स्नान्ती च तिष्ठती वापि कुर्वन्ती वा प्रसाधनम् ॥
na śṛṇoti na paśyedyā mṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || snāntī ca tiṣṭhatī vāpi kurvantī vā prasādhanam ||
جو ایسی دل لگیوں کو نہ سنے اور نہ دیکھے، وہ موت کے دروازے کو نہیں دیکھتی۔ خواہ وہ غسل کر رہی ہو، یا کھڑی ہو، یا اپنے سنگھار میں مشغول ہو—
Varāha (default, instructor voice)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"varnashrama","instruction_summary":"Even amid daily routines (bathing, standing/working, adorning), the disciplined woman avoids hearing/seeing distracting entertainments; such restraint is linked to not encountering the ‘gate of death’.","karmic_consequence":"Maintained indriya-saṃyama in ordinary life yields protective merit (avoidance of mṛtyu-dvāra imagery); laxity implies moral drift and heightened peril."}
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":"everyday sādhana","core_concept":"Spiritual safety is sustained by continuous vigilance, not occasional austerity—discipline must persist through mundane acts (snāna, prasādhana).","practical_application":"Build ‘micro-restraints’ into daily life: mindful media/entertainment intake, guarded speech and attention, and routine-based reminders of one’s vows and duties."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Sense-restraint","Domestic routine"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: dharmavīra
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 209.13 (performing arts as distraction list); Varāha Purāṇa 209.9–12 (pativratā ideal framing)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A household interior: the woman bathes or stands at a mirror adorning herself, yet turns away from distant music/dance; the ‘death-gate’ is shown as something she does not face or approach.","item_prompts":["bathing vessel (kalaśa) or water pot","mirror/comb/ornaments (prasādhana)","wife averting gaze and closing ears","faint music/dance scene outside window/doorway","shadowy mṛtyu-dvāra motif kept out of her line of sight"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: domestic chamber with stylized bathing and adornment items; wife’s composed posture; outside, faint performers; symbolic dark arch partially hidden.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: richly ornamented interior with gold highlights on jewelry and vessels; wife’s restraint emphasized by calm face; outside scene muted; mṛtyu-dvāra as dark inset panel.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: elegant domestic realism, fine textiles; subtle moral narrative through composition—wife centered, distractions peripheral; soft chiaroscuro.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate room with lattice window; outside, tiny festive figures; inside, wife in quiet discipline; distant doorway shaded as mṛtyu-dvāra."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"disciplined, quietly cautionary","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"steady, matter-of-fact, with slight emphasis on the routine verbs (snāntī, tiṣṭhatī, prasādhana)"}
FAQs
It documents everyday-life vocabulary (bathing, adornment) within a Purāṇic ethical framework, useful for social-historical reading.
No geographic location is referenced.
Avoiding sensory distractions is presented as supportive of the pativratā ideal and is linked to auspicious outcomes.
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