Shloka 9
Matsya Purana — Prologue to the Matsya Purana and the Manu–Pralaya Rescue Narrative
सर्वम् एतत् समाचक्ष्व सूत विस्तरशः क्रमात् त्वद्वाक्येनामृतस्येव न तृप्तिरिह जायते //
sarvam etat samācakṣva sūta vistaraśaḥ kramāt tvadvākyenāmṛtasyeva na tṛptiriha jāyate //
O Sūta, recount all of this—fully, in due order and at length; for from your words, like nectar, no satisfaction arises here (we never feel ‘enough’).
FAQs
This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it sets the narrative frame by urging Sūta to narrate the Purāṇa completely and sequentially—preparing the audience for cosmology, creation, and dissolution accounts later.
Indirectly, it emphasizes disciplined learning—hearing teachings in proper order and detail. In the Matsya Purāṇa’s ethical framework, such attentive śravaṇa supports right conduct (dharma) for householders and rulers by grounding decisions in authoritative tradition.
No specific Vāstu or ritual rule is stated; the verse highlights the method of transmission—systematic, detailed recitation—which is the same traditional mode through which Vāstu-śāstra and ritual procedures are taught in later chapters.