Shloka 18

Matsya Purana — Characteristics of Dvāpara and Kali Yugas

Devanagari script

तेषां विपर्ययोत्पन्ना भवन्ति द्वापरे पुनः अदृष्टिर्मरणं चैव तथैव व्याध्युपद्रवाः //

Transliteration

teṣāṃ viparyayotpannā bhavanti dvāpare punaḥ adṛṣṭirmaraṇaṃ caiva tathaiva vyādhyupadravāḥ //

Translation

For them, in the Dvāpara age, reversals and perversions arise again—loss of right discernment, death, and likewise the assaults of diseases and calamities.

Word by Word

• teṣām: for them/among them

• viparyaya-utpannāḥ: reversals, perversions, disorders that have arisen

• bhavanti: occur/come to be

• dvāpare: in the Dvāpara (yuga)

• punaḥ: again/further

• adṛṣṭiḥ: non-seeing, lack of right vision (loss of discernment/foresight)

• maraṇam: death

• ca eva: and indeed

• tathā eva: likewise/in the same manner

• vyādhi-upadravāḥ: attacks/afflictions of disease, medical calamities

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (Vishnu) speaking to Vaivasvata Manu (context: yuga-description discourse)

Entities Mentioned

• Dvapara Yuga

Tags

• Yuga-Dharma
• Dvapara
• Disease
• Portents
• Matsya Purana

FAQs

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

It does not describe Pralaya directly; it describes yuga-based degeneration—how, in Dvāpara, disorder and suffering manifest as loss of right vision, increased mortality, and disease.

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

By warning that disease and calamity intensify in Dvāpara, it implies stronger royal and household duties: protection of subjects, public health measures, charity, ritual observances, and adherence to dharma to counter social and bodily decline.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or iconographic rule is stated; however, the verse supports the ritual logic found elsewhere in the Matsya Purana—temple worship, purification rites, and dharmic observances are prescribed as stabilizing responses to yuga-born afflictions.