Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 44
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
दत्त्वैकस्य च या कन्या हृत्वान्यस्य प्रदीयते तज्जालस्तनयो ज्ञेयो लोके पौनर्भवो मुने
dattvaikasya ca yā kanyā hṛtvānyasya pradīyate tajjālastanayo jñeyo loke paunarbhavo mune
噢，牟尼（圣者）啊：若一少女既已许配于一人，却又被夺去而转嫁他人，则由此（与第二人之结合）所生之子，当世间应知名为“paunarbhava”。
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FAQs
A woman is first formally given in marriage to one man, then removed from that marital bond and given to another; the child born from the later union is classified as paunarbhava—reflecting a ‘renewed’ or reassigned marital context.
It metaphorically indicates an entangled or complex marital situation (‘jāla’ = net), emphasizing that the child’s social classification arises from overlapping marital assignments rather than a straightforward first marriage lineage.
In this verse it functions as a legal-social definition (naming a category). Moral evaluation, if any, typically appears elsewhere; here the focus is on how society designates the child for lineage-related purposes.