Shloka 35

Matsya Purana — Pitṛ Worlds

Devanagari script

खड्गलोहामिषमधुकुशश्यामाकशालयः यवनीवारमुद्गेक्षुशुक्लपुष्पघृतानि च //

Transliteration

khaḍgalohāmiṣamadhukuśaśyāmākaśālayaḥ yavanīvāramudgekṣuśuklapuṣpaghṛtāni ca //

Translation

Swords and iron, meat and honey, kuśa-grass, the grains śyāmāka and śāli-rice, barley, nīvāra wild-rice, mudga (green gram), sugarcane, white flowers, and clarified butter (ghee) as well.

Word by Word

• खड्ग (khaḍga): sword

• लोह (loha): iron/metal

• आमिष (āmiṣa): meat/flesh-food

• मधु (madhu): honey

• कुश (kuśa): sacred kuśa grass

• श्यामाक (śyāmāka): a millet (Panicum-like)

• शालयः/शालि (śāli): rice/paddy

• यव (yava): barley

• नीवार (nīvāra): wild rice

• मुद्ग (mudga): green gram (mung bean)

• इक्षु (ikṣu): sugarcane

• शुक्लपुष्प (śukla-puṣpa): white flowers

• घृत (ghṛta): ghee/clarified butter

• च (ca): and

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (Vishnu) instructing Vaivasvata Manu (contextual attribution for early Matsya Purana discourse)

Tags

• Dāna
• Vrata
• Ritual offerings
• Food-grains
• Matsya Purana dharma

FAQs

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

This verse does not discuss pralaya; it is a dharma-style enumeration of materials (foods and ritual goods) suitable for offering, donation, or sacrificial use.

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

By listing grains, ghee, flowers, kuśa, honey, and other goods, the verse supports the householder/kingly duty of sustaining yajña and dāna—maintaining social and ritual order through proper offerings and charitable distribution.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Ritually, items like kuśa-grass, white flowers, and ghee are standard upacāras (sacred requisites) used in worship, homa, and consecrations; such materials also appear in temple-pratiṣṭhā and related procedural contexts.