Shloka 25

Matsya Purana — Inquiry into Yayāti’s Story and the Kacha–Devayānī Episode

Devanagari script

*शौनक उवाच कचस्तु तं तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रतिजग्राह तद्व्रतम् आदिष्टं कविपुत्रेण शुक्रेणोशनसा स्वयम् //

Transliteration

*śaunaka uvāca kacastu taṃ tathetyuktvā pratijagrāha tadvratam ādiṣṭaṃ kaviputreṇa śukreṇośanasā svayam //

Translation

Śaunaka said: “Kaca, having replied ‘So be it,’ accepted that vow of discipline which was personally prescribed to him by Śukra—Uśanas himself, the son of Kavi.”

Word by Word

• शौनक (Śaunaka): the sage Śaunaka

• उवाच (uvāca): said

• कचः (kacaḥ): Kaca

• तु (tu): indeed/then

• तम् (tam): to him/that (instruction)

• तथा इति (tathā iti): ‘so (it is),’ ‘so be it’

• उक्त्वा (uktvā): having said

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha): accepted/undertook

• तत् (tat): that

• व्रतम् (vratam): vow, observance, disciplined regimen

• आदिष्टम् (ādiṣṭam): prescribed, instructed

• कविपुत्रेण (kavi-putreṇa): by the son of Kavi

• शुक्रेण (śukreṇa): by Śukra

• उशनसा (uśanasā): by Uśanas (name of Śukra)

• स्वयम् (svayam): personally, himself

Speaker

• Śaunaka

Entities Mentioned

• Śaunaka
• Kaca
• Śukra
• Uśanas
• Kavi

Tags

• Vratadharma
• Guru-śिष्य
• Upakhyana
• Discipline
• Puranic ethics

FAQs

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

This verse does not address Pralaya directly; it highlights dharmic discipline—how a student accepts a prescribed vow—within a narrative episode.

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

It reinforces the Purāṇic ethic of obedience to rightful authority and disciplined observance: as a student follows a guru’s vrata, so a king or householder should uphold prescribed duties (niyama, vrata, and śāsana) with commitment.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple rule is stated here; the ritual significance is the acceptance of a vrata (formal observance) as instructed by an authoritative teacher.