शैवविवाहस्य द्वैविध्यम्The two kinds of Śaiva marriage
Verse 279
वयोवर्णविचारोऽत्र शैवोद्वाहे न विद्यते । असपिण्डां भर्त्तृहीनामुद्वहेच्छम्भुशासनात् ॥ २७९ ॥
vayōvarṇavicārō’tra śaivōdvāhē na vidyatē | asapiṇḍāṁ bharttṛhīnāmudvahēcchambhuśāsanāt || 279 ||
Translation
In the Śaiva marriage no question of age or class arises. By Śambhu's command one may marry a woman who is not a sapiṇḍa and has no husband.
Word by word
- vayaḥ
- (vayaḥ) of age
- varṇa
- and class
- vicāraḥ
- (vicāraḥ) consideration
- atra
- here
- śaiva
- Śaiva
- udvāhē
- in the marriage
- na
- not
- vidyatē
- exists
- asapiṇḍāṁ
- one who is not a sapiṇḍa
- bharttṛ
- (bhartṛ) a husband
- hīnām
- (hīnām) without
- udvahēt
- may marry
- śambhu
- of Śambhu
- śāsanāt
- by the command
Meaning
This is the text's own teaching: in the Śaiva marriage class and age are not considered, unlike the brāhma marriage (verse 265). The only conditions are that she is not a near blood relation and is not already married.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 278.