Shloka 25

Matsya Purana — Navagraha Sacrifice for Planetary Pacification and Prosperity

Devanagari script

सर्वे समुद्राः सरितः सरांसि च नदास्तथा आयान्तु यजमानस्य दुरितक्षयकारकाः //

Transliteration

sarve samudrāḥ saritaḥ sarāṃsi ca nadāstathā āyāntu yajamānasya duritakṣayakārakāḥ //

Translation

May all the oceans, the rivers, the lakes, and likewise the streams come forth for the sacrificer (yajamāna), as agents that bring about the destruction of his sins.

Word by Word

• सर्वे (sarve): all

• समुद्राः (samudrāḥ): oceans

• सरितः (saritaḥ): flowing rivers

• सरांसि (sarāṃsi): lakes/ponds

• च (ca): and

• नदाः (nadāḥ): rivers/streams

• तथा (tathā): likewise/also

• आयान्तु (āyāntu): may they come/approach

• यजमानस्य (yajamānasya): of the yajamāna/sacrificial patron

• दुरित (durita): sin, misdeed, impurity

• क्षय (kṣaya): destruction, removal

• कारकाः (kārakāḥ): makers/causers/agents

Speaker

• Suta (narrating the Matsya Purana’s ritual formulae; presented as a liturgical invocation within the text)

Entities Mentioned

• Samudras (Oceans)
• Saritas (Rivers)
• Saramsi (Lakes)
• Nadas (Streams)
• Yajamana

Tags

• Tirtha
• Snana
• Ritual
• Purification
• Punya

FAQs

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

It does not describe Pralaya directly; it reflects the Purana’s sacred-geography worldview where cosmic waters (oceans, rivers, lakes) are invoked as spiritually potent forces that cleanse impurity.

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

It supports the householder/kingly duty of maintaining ritual purity—undertaking yajñas and expiatory cleansing—by invoking sacred waters to remove durita (moral and ritual blemish) from the yajamāna.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, it functions like a snāna/śuddhi invocation: all bodies of water are called to be present and effect sin-removal for the patron of the rite, reinforcing tirtha-focused purification procedures.