Shloka 46

Matsya Purana — Maya’s Nectar-Reservoir in Tripura and the Revival of the Slain in the Tripur...

Devanagari script

अथैके दानवाः प्राप्य वापीप्रक्षेपणाद् असून् आस्फोट्य सिंहनादं च कृत्वाधावंस्तथासुराः //

Transliteration

athaike dānavāḥ prāpya vāpīprakṣepaṇād asūn āsphoṭya siṃhanādaṃ ca kṛtvādhāvaṃstathāsurāḥ //

Translation

Then certain Dānava-demons, having lost their lives by being hurled into a reservoir (vāpī), snapped their fingers and, making a lion-like roar, rushed forward—those Asuras.

Word by Word

• atha: then

• eke: some/certain

• dānavāḥ: Dānava demons

• prāpya: having obtained/reached (here: having met with)

• vāpī: a reservoir/tank/large well

• prakṣepaṇāt: from the act of throwing/casting in

• asūn: lives/breaths

• āsphoṭya: snapping (the fingers), clapping with a sharp sound

• siṃhanādam: a lion-roar

• ca: and

• kṛtvā: having made/done

• adhāvan: they ran/rushed

• tathā: thus/in that manner

• asurāḥ: Asuras/demons.

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) recounting events in the Matsya Purana’s discourse on water-works and related episodes

Entities Mentioned

• Dānava
• Asura
• Vāpī (reservoir/tank)

Tags

• Vastu Shastra
• Water Structures
• Vāpī
• Puranic Narrative
• Asuras

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe Pralaya; it is a localized narrative moment involving Asuras/Dānavas and a vāpī (reservoir), within a broader thematic frame that often discusses water-works and their consequences.

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

Indirectly, it sits in a chapter-stream where water infrastructure (tanks, wells, reservoirs) is treated as a major public good; such passages support the dharmic ideal that rulers and householders should sponsor and protect water resources.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The key technical term is vāpī—an engineered reservoir/tank central to Vastuvidya and civic planning; the verse assumes the presence of such water-structures as significant built works in the landscape.