SB 9.24.34
Devanāgarī
अमोघं देवसन्दर्शमादधे त्वयि चात्मजम् । योनिर्यथा न दुष्येत कर्ताहं ते सुमध्यमे ॥ ३४ ॥
Text
amoghaṁ deva-sandarśam ādadhe tvayi cātmajam yonir yathā na duṣyeta kartāhaṁ te sumadhyame
Synonyms
amogham—without failure;deva-sandarśam—meeting with the demigods;ādadhe—I shall give (my semen);tvayi—unto you;ca—also;ātmajam—a son;yoniḥ—the source of birth;yathā—as;na—not;duṣyeta—becomes polluted;kartā—shall arrange;aham—I;te—unto you;sumadhyame—O beautiful girl.
Translation
The sun-god said: O beautiful Pṛthā, your meeting with the demigods cannot be fruitless. Therefore, let me place my seed in your womb so that you may bear a son. I shall arrange to keep your virginity intact, since you are still an unmarried girl.
Purport
According to Vedic civilization, if a girl gives birth to a child before she is married, no one will marry her. Therefore although the sun-god, after appearing before Pṛthā, wanted to give her a child, Pṛthā hesitated because she was still unmarried. To keep her virginity undisturbed, the sun-god arranged to give her a child that came from her ear, and therefore the child was known as Karṇa. The custom is that a girl should be married akṣata-yoni, that is, with her virginity undisturbed. A girl should never bear a child before her marriage.