Shloka 33

Matsya Purana — Mahāgaurī’s Entry

Devanagari script

ददृशे तं च देवेशो हुताशं शुकरूपिणम् तमुवाच महादेवः किंचित्कोपसमन्वितः //

Transliteration

dadṛśe taṃ ca deveśo hutāśaṃ śukarūpiṇam tamuvāca mahādevaḥ kiṃcitkopasamanvitaḥ //

Translation

Then the Lord of gods beheld Hutāśa (Agni) in the form of a boar; and Mahādeva addressed him, his words edged with a slight anger.

Word by Word

• ददृशे: (he) saw/beheld

• तम्: him

• च: and

• देवेशः: the Lord of gods

• हुताशम्: Hutāśa, ‘the eater of oblations’ (Agni)

• शुकरूपिणम्: assuming a boar-form

• तम् उवाच: spoke to him

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)

• किंचित्: slightly/somewhat

• कोपसमन्वितः: accompanied by anger, with anger present

Speaker

• Narrator (Purāṇic narrator describing Mahādeva’s action)

Entities Mentioned

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Deveśa (Lord of gods)
• Hutāśa (Agni)
• Śukara-rūpa (boar-form)

Tags

• Shaiva narrative
• Agni
• Divine confrontation
• Puranic episodes
• Ritual vocabulary

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it frames a narrative moment where Śiva confronts Agni, using vivid deity-iconography (Agni taking a boar-form) rather than cosmological dissolution.

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

Indirectly, it underscores the Purāṇic ethic that even powerful forces (like Agni, central to household sacrifice) remain accountable to higher divine order—supporting the householder’s disciplined, rule-bound approach to ritual and conduct.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The key ritual signal is the epithet Hutāśa (Agni), the sacrificial fire who ‘consumes offerings’; the verse situates Agni in a mythic episode, reinforcing Agni’s centrality to yajña and consecratory rites (though no Vāstu rule is stated in this line).