Shloka 74

Matsya Purana — Hiranyakashipu’s Boons

Devanagari script

विश्वाची सहजन्या च प्रम्लोचेत्यभिविश्रुता दिव्याथ सौरभेयी च समीची पुञ्जिकस्थली //

Transliteration

viśvācī sahajanyā ca pramlocetyabhiviśrutā divyātha saurabheyī ca samīcī puñjikasthalī //

Translation

Viśvācī, Sahajanyā, and Pramlocā—thus celebrated everywhere—(as well as) Divyā, Saurabheyī, Samīcī, and Puñjikasthalī (are named).

Word by Word

• विश्वाची (Viśvācī): a famed apsaras

• सहजन्या (Sahajanyā): a named apsaras

• प्रम्लोचा (Pramlocā): a celebrated apsaras

• इति (iti): thus

• अभिविश्रुता (abhiviśrutā): widely renowned

• दिव्या (Divyā): a named apsaras, ‘the divine one’

• अथ (atha): and/then

• सौरभेयी (Saurabheyī): a named apsaras (connected by name to ‘Saurabha’/fragrance lineage)

• समीची (Samīcī): a named apsaras

• पुञ्जिकस्थली (Puñjikasthalī): a named apsaras (lit. ‘she of the heap/clustered ground’, proper name).

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) recounting Matsya Purana’s list within the discourse tradition

Entities Mentioned

• Viśvācī
• Sahajanyā
• Pramlocā
• Divyā
• Saurabheyī
• Samīcī
• Puñjikasthalī

Tags

• Apsaras
• Genealogy
• Puranic Catalogues
• Celestial Beings
• Matsya Purana

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe Pralaya; it functions as a catalogue-style enumeration of renowned apsarases (celestial nymphs) within the Purana’s broader cosmological and genealogical material.

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

Indirectly: such catalogues situate human society within a larger cosmic order. In the Matsya Purana, kingship and household duties are often framed against this cosmology, though this specific verse itself is primarily nominative (a list of names).

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vastu Shastra or ritual procedure is specified in this verse; it is a naming verse listing apsarases rather than prescribing temple architecture or rites.