Shloka 53
Pātivratya-kathana
The Narrative of the Pativrata
सा पत्नी नरकं याति यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश । सापत्नभावं या कुर्याद्भर्तृस्नेहेष्टया सह ॥ ५३ ॥
sā patnī narakaṃ yāti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa | sāpatnabhāvaṃ yā kuryādbhartṛsneheṣṭayā saha || 53 ||
Người vợ ấy phải đọa địa ngục lâu bằng thời gian mười bốn vị Indra còn tồn tại—kẻ nào cùng với người được chồng sủng ái mà nuôi dưỡng tâm thế “đồng thê” (ganh đua và chấp nhận chung chồng).
Narada (instructional voice within the Uttara-Bhaga dharma narrative)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It warns that knowingly participating in or endorsing a dharmically improper marital arrangement (co-wifehood/rivalry around a husband’s partiality) is treated as serious adharma, bringing long-lasting negative karmic results described as naraka.
Bhakti in the Narada Purana is not separated from conduct: purity of relationships, restraint, and adherence to dharma are presented as supportive foundations for stable devotion and sattvic life.
A time-measure is conveyed through the puranic-vedic cosmological idiom—“fourteen Indras” (successive Indras across manvantaras)—used to emphasize the gravity and duration of karmic consequence rather than ritual technique.