Shloka 43
Matsya Purana — Origin of Soma
पतन्ति शस्त्राणि तथोज्ज्वलानि स्वर्भूमिपातालमथो दहन्ति रुद्रः कोपाद्ब्रह्मशीर्षं मुमोच सोमो ऽपि सोमास्त्रममोघवीर्यम् //
patanti śastrāṇi tathojjvalāni svarbhūmipātālamatho dahanti rudraḥ kopādbrahmaśīrṣaṃ mumoca somo 'pi somāstramamoghavīryam //
Then blazing weapons rained down, scorching heaven, earth, and the netherworld. In wrath, Rudra released the Brahmaśīrṣa weapon, and Soma too let fly the Soma-astra, whose force never fails.
FAQs
It uses pralaya-like imagery—fire consuming the three worlds—to convey the world-threatening scale of divine astras; it is not the flood-pralaya narrative itself, but a depiction of cosmic destabilization through weapon-power.
By portraying wrath-driven escalation as catastrophic for all realms, it implicitly supports the Purāṇic ethic that rulers and householders must restrain anger and avoid actions that endanger the wider order (loka-saṅgraha).
No direct Vāstu/temple rule is stated; the ritual takeaway is the Purāṇic principle that astras are mantra-empowered forces requiring strict restraint and proper authority, since their misuse is depicted as burning the triloka.