Matsya Purana — The Strategy to Defeat Tāraka: Pārvatī’s Birth, Shloka 31
पितुरस्ति तथापि मनोविकृतिः सगुणो विगुणो बलवानबलः भवतो वरलाभनिवृत्तभयः कुलिशाङ्गसुतो दितिजो ऽतिबलः //
piturasti tathāpi manovikṛtiḥ saguṇo viguṇo balavānabalaḥ bhavato varalābhanivṛttabhayaḥ kuliśāṅgasuto ditijo 'tibalaḥ //
Obwohl er wahrlich dein Vater ist, ist sein Geist entstellt. Bald tugendhaft, bald fehlerhaft; bald stark, bald schwach. Du aber—da du eine Gunst erlangt hast—bist von Furcht befreit. Du bist der überaus mächtige Daitya, der Sohn Kuliśāṅgas.
FAQs
This verse does not address Pralaya directly; it focuses on lineage and psychology—how a father’s unstable mind contrasts with a boon-born fearlessness in a powerful Daitya.
It implicitly warns that mental instability (manovikṛti) leads to inconsistent conduct (saguṇa/viguṇa), whereas steadiness and freedom from fear should be grounded in dharma rather than merely in external power or boons.
No Vastu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is mentioned; the technical emphasis is on vara (boon), fearlessness, and Daitya lineage.