Shloka 38

Matsya Purana — Account of the Manvantaras: Manus

Devanagari script

स्वे स्वे ऽन्तरे सर्वमिदम् उत्पाद्य सचराचरम् कल्पक्षये विनिर्वृत्ते मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्मणा सहा //

Transliteration

sve sve 'ntare sarvamidam utpādya sacarācaram kalpakṣaye vinirvṛtte mucyante brahmaṇā sahā //

Translation

In each Manvantara, having brought forth this entire world—both the moving and the unmoving—when the end of the Kalpa arrives and dissolution is complete, they are released together with Brahmā.

Word by Word

• स्वे स्वे अन्तरे (sve sve antare): in each respective interval (Manvantara)

• सर्वम् इदम् (sarvam idam): all this, the entire universe

• उत्पाद्य (utpādya): having produced, having brought into manifestation

• सचराचरम् (sacarācaram): with the mobile and immobile beings (moving and non-moving)

• कल्पक्षये (kalpakṣaye): at the exhaustion/end of the Kalpa

• विनिर्वृत्ते (vinirvṛtte): when it has ceased, when dissolution is fully accomplished

• मुच्यन्ते (mucyante): they are freed/released

• ब्रह्मणा सह (brahmaṇā saha): together with Brahmā.

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (Vishnu) addressing Vaivasvata Manu

Entities Mentioned

• Brahmā
• Manvantara
• Kalpa

Tags

• Pralaya
• Sarga
• Manvantara
• Moksha
• Cosmology

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

It frames creation as recurring in each Manvantara and teaches that at the Kalpa’s end, when dissolution is complete, liberation occurs—describing pralaya as cyclical and cosmically ordered.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

By emphasizing impermanence and cyclical dissolution, it supports the Matsya Purana ethic that rulers and householders should govern and live dharmically without attachment, remembering that worldly structures culminate in pralaya.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No direct Vastu or ritual rule is stated; the takeaway is contextual—temples, cities, and rites belong to a cosmic cycle, so sacred building and ritual are meaningful as dharmic acts within time, not as permanent worldly possessions.