Shloka 8
Cyavana’s Birth and Bhṛgu’s Curse upon Agni (च्यवनजन्म तथा अग्निशापः)
नाम तस्यास्तदा नद्याक्षक्रे लोकपितामह: । वधूसरेति भगवांद्ष्यवनस्याश्रमं प्रति,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
nāma tasyās tadā nadyāś cakre lokapitāmahaḥ | vadhūsareti bhagavān ṛṣyavanasya āśramaṃ prati ||
绍那迦说道：当时，世间之祖（梵天 Brahmā）为那条河赐名。见其沿着新娘普罗摩（Pulomā）前往梨师耶伐那（Ṛṣyavana）隐修林的路径奔流，便称之为“瓦杜萨拉”（Vadhūsarā）——仿佛以此标记贞洁妻子行旅所留下的净化之迹，并昭示神明对该事件的认可。
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents an etiological moment where a divine authority (Brahmā) names a river after a morally significant event—highlighting how dharmic conduct and pivotal life-transitions (like a bride’s journey) become sanctified and memorialized in sacred geography.
Śaunaka narrates that Brahmā, seeing a river flowing along the route taken by the bride (Pulomā) toward the hermitage in Ṛṣyavana, bestows upon that river the name Vadhūsarā, thereby marking the place and event with a lasting name.