Shloka 14

Matsya Purana — Dhruva as Cosmic Pivot: Motions of Sun–Moon–Planets

Devanagari script

नानारूपधराश्चैव महाघोरस्वराश्च ते कल्पान्तवृष्टिकर्तारः कल्पान्ताग्नेर् नियामकाः //

Transliteration

nānārūpadharāścaiva mahāghorasvarāśca te kalpāntavṛṣṭikartāraḥ kalpāntāgner niyāmakāḥ //

Translation

Assuming many forms and uttering exceedingly dreadful sounds, they become the makers of the end-of-aeon rains and the regulators of the end-of-aeon fire.

Word by Word

• nānā-rūpa-dharāḥ: assuming many forms

• ca eva: and indeed

• mahā-ghora-svarāḥ: of extremely terrifying sounds/cries

• ca te: and they

• kalpa-anta-vṛṣṭi-kartāraḥ: makers/causers of the rains at the end of a kalpa

• kalpa-anta-agneḥ: of the fire at the end of a kalpa

• niyāmakāḥ: regulators/controllers/wardens

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (in discourse to Vaivasvata Manu)

Entities Mentioned

• Kalpānta-vṛṣṭi (end-of-kalpa rains)
• Kalpānta-agni (end-of-kalpa fire)
• Pralaya forces (unnamed beings/agents)

Tags

• Pralaya
• Kalpanta
• Cosmic Dissolution
• Eschatology
• Vishnu-Matsya Discourse

FAQs

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

It portrays Pralaya as an ordered cosmic process: specific agents manifest in many forms, unleash the catastrophic end-time rains, and also regulate the equally destructive kalpānta fire—showing dissolution is governed, not random.

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

Indirectly, it reinforces the Purāṇic ethic that even vast destruction operates under niyama (cosmic regulation). By analogy, kings and householders should govern passions and power through discipline and lawful order, not impulse.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No direct Vāstu or ritual procedure is stated; the takeaway is theological-cosmological: rituals and sacred architecture in the Purāṇic worldview are grounded in a cosmos where even pralaya forces act under regulation.