Shloka 156
Matsya Purana — Navagraha Sacrifice for Planetary Pacification and Prosperity
ग्रहयज्ञत्रयं कुर्याद् यस् त्वकाम्येन मानवः स विष्णोः पदमाप्नोति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् //
grahayajñatrayaṃ kuryād yas tvakāmyena mānavaḥ sa viṣṇoḥ padamāpnoti punarāvṛttidurlabham //
That person who performs the threefold graha-sacrifice without selfish desire (akāmya) attains the supreme abode of Viṣṇu—an attainment in which return to rebirth is hard to come by.
FAQs
This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it teaches that desireless ritual action (akāmya-yajña) leads toward liberation-like attainment (Viṣṇu’s abode), implying transcendence beyond cyclical return rather than focusing on cosmic dissolution.
It frames ritual duty as spiritually efficacious when done without personal craving: a householder (and by extension a king performing public rites) should conduct graha-related yajñas as dharma and devotion, not merely for worldly gains like prosperity or victory.
The ritual point is graha-yajña-traya—three graha propitiatory sacrifices—presented as a graha-śānti type practice whose highest fruit arises when performed akāmya (without desire), aligning ritual technique with inner renunciation.