Shloka 157

Matsya Purana — Navagraha Sacrifice for Planetary Pacification and Prosperity

Devanagari script

य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं श्रावयेद्वापि मानवः न तस्य ग्रहपीडा स्यान् न च बन्धुजनक्षयः //

Transliteration

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ śrāvayedvāpi mānavaḥ na tasya grahapīḍā syān na ca bandhujanakṣayaḥ //

Translation

One who regularly listens to this teaching, or causes it to be recited for others, will not suffer affliction from the planets (grahas), nor will there be loss or ruin among his kinsmen.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: whoever

• idam: this (text/teaching)

• śṛṇuyāt: may listen/hear

• nityam: daily/regularly

• śrāvayet: may cause to be heard/recited (to others)

• vā api: or even

• mānavaḥ: a human being/person

• na: not

• tasya: for him/of him

• graha-pīḍā: planetary affliction (astrological torment)

• syāt: would be/should occur

• na ca: and not

• bandhu-jana: relatives/kinsmen

• kṣayaḥ: loss, decline, destruction

Speaker

• Sūta (Purāṇic narrator) presenting the phalaśruti of the discourse

Entities Mentioned

• Grahas (planets)

Tags

• Phalashruti
• Dharma
• Shravana
• Recitation
• Astrology

FAQs

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

This verse is not about Pralaya; it is a phalaśruti promising protective results from regularly hearing or arranging the recitation of the Matsya Purana’s teaching.

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

It supports the householder (and ruler) ideal of maintaining dharmic well-being through nitya-śravaṇa (regular listening) and supporting public recitation, framed as safeguarding family stability and reducing inauspicious influences.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-architecture rule is stated here; the ritual emphasis is on śravaṇa/pāṭha (hearing/recitation) as a śānti-oriented practice said to mitigate graha-pīḍā.