Shloka 14
Matsya Purana — Description of Pralaya: Drying
सहस्रवृष्टिः शतधा भूत्वा कृष्णो महाबलः दिव्यतोयेन हविषा तर्पयामास मेदिनीम् //
sahasravṛṣṭiḥ śatadhā bhūtvā kṛṣṇo mahābalaḥ divyatoyena haviṣā tarpayāmāsa medinīm //
Becoming a rain of a thousandfold—divided into a hundred streams—Kṛṣṇa, the mighty one, with celestial water as an oblation, satisfied and nourished the Earth.
FAQs
It frames divine rainfall as a sustaining cosmic act—celestial waters function like a sacrificial offering that restores and stabilizes the Earth, a motif commonly used around imbalance and recovery in Purāṇic cosmology.
By portraying nourishment of the land as a sacred act, it indirectly supports the dharmic ideal that rulers and householders should protect fertility and welfare—ensuring rain/irrigation, food supply, and public prosperity as a form of service aligned with yajña-like responsibility.
Ritually, the key idea is the metaphor of water as havis (yajña-oblation): it highlights sanctified water-offering logic used in rites for prosperity and appeasement; architecturally, it implies the importance of water management (tīrtha, tanks, channels) as a dharmic infrastructure supporting the land.