Shloka 26
Matsya Purana — Paurava Genealogy: Bharata
एवमुक्त्वा गता सा तु गतायां सो ऽपि तं त्यजत् मातापितृभ्यां त्यक्तं तु दृष्ट्वा तं मरुतः शिशुम् जगृहुस्तं भरद्वाजं मरुतः कृपया स्थिताः //
evamuktvā gatā sā tu gatāyāṃ so 'pi taṃ tyajat mātāpitṛbhyāṃ tyaktaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā taṃ marutaḥ śiśum jagṛhustaṃ bharadvājaṃ marutaḥ kṛpayā sthitāḥ //
Having spoken thus, she departed; and once she had gone, he too abandoned the child. Seeing the infant forsaken by both mother and father, the Maruts took up that child—Bharadvāja—and, moved by compassion, remained to care for him.
FAQs
This verse does not describe Pralaya; it focuses on a lineage-origin episode, highlighting divine intervention (the Maruts) in protecting an abandoned child who becomes the sage Bharadvāja.
It indirectly reinforces dharma: abandoning dependents is condemned by implication, while protection of the vulnerable is upheld—modeled here by the Maruts’ compassionate guardianship.
No Vastu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is stated in this verse; its significance is ethical and genealogical, tied to the origins of a major rishi.