Shloka 7
Cyavana’s Birth and Bhṛgu’s Curse upon Agni (च्यवनजन्म तथा अग्निशापः)
आवर्तन्ती सृतिं तस्या भूगो: पन्त्यास्तपस्विन: । तस्या मार्ग सृतवतीं दृष्टवा तु सरितं तदा,वह नदी तपस्वी भूगुकी उस पत्नीके मार्गको आप्लावित किये हुए थी। उस समय लोकपितामह भगवान् ब्रह्माने पुलोमाके मार्गका अनुसरण करनेवाली उस नदीको देखकर उसका नाम वधूसरा रख दिया, जो च्यवनके आश्रमके पास प्रवाहित होती है
āvartantī sṛtiṁ tasyā bhṛgoḥ patnyās tapasvinaḥ | tasyā mārga-sṛtavatīṁ dṛṣṭvā tu saritaṁ tadā |
那河水回旋翻涌，漫溢而出，淹没了那位苦行者婆利古之妻的行路。梵天——众生之主——见此水流循着她的足迹而行，便为其命名为「Vadhūsarā（新妇之河）」；因它流经赤婆那的林居道场近旁。
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic safeguarding: the ascetic’s wife is marked out for protection, and even a river’s course becomes a sign of her passage. Brahmā’s naming of the river preserves the moral memory of the event within sacred geography.
A river is described as swirling and overflowing along the path taken by Bhṛgu’s wife (Pulomā in the surrounding story). Brahmā observes this river following her track and assigns it the name Vadhūsarā, noting its association with the region near Cyavana’s hermitage.