Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 64
स भविष्यति दैत्यस्य तारकस्य विनाशकः जातमात्रा तु सा देवी स्वल्पसंज्ञा च भामिनी //
sa bhaviṣyati daityasya tārakasya vināśakaḥ jātamātrā tu sā devī svalpasaṃjñā ca bhāminī //
سيكون هو مُهلكَ العفريت تاراكا. أمّا تلك الإلهة، فعلى الرغم من أنها وُلدت لتوّها، فقد كانت ضعيفةَ الإدراك كالمغشيّ عليها؛ سيدةً متألّقة لا تكاد تملك إلا وعيًا يسيرًا.
FAQs
This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it is a prophetic statement within a Deva–Asura narrative, focusing on the destined destruction of the demon Tāraka and the condition of a newly born Goddess.
Indirectly, it reinforces a key Purāṇic ethic: adharma (embodied here by the Daitya Tāraka) is ultimately checked by divinely sanctioned protection. For kings, the implied ideal is to act as a “vināśaka” of oppression—upholding order and safeguarding subjects.
No Vāstu or temple-building rule is stated in this verse. Its ritual takeaway is thematic: births and divine manifestations are treated as pivotal auspicious events in Purāṇic narration, often framing later rites and victories, but the technical procedure is not specified here.