Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

दानवाः प्रमथानेतान् प्रसर्पत किम् आसथ हतानपि हि वो वापी पुनरुज्जीवयिष्यति //

Transliteration

dānavāḥ pramathānetān prasarpata kim āsatha hatānapi hi vo vāpī punarujjīvayiṣyati //

Translation

“O Dānavas, press on against these Pramathas—why do you hesitate? For even those who are slain, your well (vāpī) will bring them back to life again.”

Word by Word

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ): O Danavas/demonic hosts

• प्रमथान् (pramathān): the Pramathas (attendant spirits/warriors)

• एतान् (etān): these

• प्रसर्पत (prasarpata): advance, surge forward, attack

• किम् (kim): why?

• आसथ (āsatha): do you sit/linger/hesitate

• हतान् अपि (hatān api): even the slain

• हि (hi): indeed/for

• वः (vaḥ): your

• वापी (vāpī): well, stepwell, water-reservoir

• पुनरुज्जीवयिष्यति (punarujjīvayiṣyati): will revive again, restore to life.

Speaker

• An unidentified Danava leader/commander addressing the Danavas (contextual attribution within the battle episode)

Entities Mentioned

• Danavas
• Pramathas
• Vapi (reviving well)

Tags

• Daitya-Danava
• Battle
• Mythic Revival
• Ritual-Magic
• Puranic Narrative

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya; it highlights a mythic battlefield motif where death is temporarily overcome through a supernatural “vāpī” (well) said to restore life.

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

Indirectly, it underscores the Purāṇic theme of courage and resolve in crisis—hesitation is censured—though here it is applied to Danavas in war rather than to royal dharma or household ethics.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The key technical term is vāpī (“well/stepwell, water-reservoir”), a word central to Indian water-architecture; in this narrative it is mythologized as a reviving well, showing how utilitarian water-structures can be given ritual-supernatural significance in Purāṇic storytelling.