Shloka 8
Matsya Purana — Kārtavīrya Arjuna’s Solar Boon and the Genealogy from Kroṣṭu to the Yādava Lines
आविष्टा मम तेजोभिः शोषयिष्यन्ति स्थावरान् शुष्कान् भस्मीकरिष्यन्ति तेन तृप्तिर्नराधिप //
āviṣṭā mama tejobhiḥ śoṣayiṣyanti sthāvarān śuṣkān bhasmīkariṣyanti tena tṛptirnarādhipa //
Pervaded by my radiance (tejas), those arrows will dry up the immovable beings; once dried, they will reduce them to ashes—by that, O lord of men, their hunger will be satisfied.
FAQs
It describes a pralaya-stage where beings (especially stationary life) are dried by divine tejas and then burned to ash—an image of cosmic depletion and incineration as dissolution intensifies.
By addressing the king directly (narādhipa), the text frames pralaya-knowledge as royal counsel: a ruler should recognize signs of large-scale calamity, prioritize protection and orderly conduct, and understand that even worldly stability (sthāvara) is impermanent.
No direct vastu or ritual procedure is stated; the verse mainly supplies cosmological context—fire/tejas as a purifying, consuming force—often used indirectly in ritual theory to symbolize purification and the end of material forms.