Shloka 13

Matsya Purana — Purūravas Witnesses the Sports of Apsarases and Gandharvas; Attains the Grace...

Devanagari script

कान्तं च ताडयामास जातखेदा वराङ्गना अदृश्यत वरारोहा श्वासनृत्यत्पयोधरा //

Transliteration

kāntaṃ ca tāḍayāmāsa jātakhedā varāṅganā adṛśyata varārohā śvāsanṛtyatpayodharā //

Translation

The beautiful woman, overcome with distress, even struck her beloved; then the lovely lady vanished from sight, her bosom heaving as her breath rose and fell like a dance.

Word by Word

• कान्तम् (kāntam): the beloved, husband

• च (ca): and

• ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa): struck, beat

• जातखेदा (jāta-khedā): having become distressed, afflicted with sorrow

• वराङ्गना (varāṅganā): a beautiful woman

• अदृश्यत (adṛśyata): became unseen, vanished

• वरारोहा (varārohā): a lovely/beautiful woman (lit. one with excellent thighs)

• श्वास-नृत्यत् (śvāsa-nṛtyat): with breath ‘dancing’ (heaving, panting)

• पयोधरा (payodharā): breasts (lit. milk-bearers).

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) describing an episode (third-person narration)

Tags

• Matsya Purana narrative episode
• Separation and emotion
• Puranic storytelling
• Kama and kheda

FAQs

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

This verse does not address Pralaya; it depicts an interpersonal episode—distress, conflict, and disappearance—used as narrative texture rather than cosmology.

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

It indirectly points to the need for restraint and steadiness in domestic life: uncontrolled sorrow and anger can lead to harmful acts and separation, a recurring ethical concern in Purāṇic guidance for householders and rulers.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this verse; it is purely narrative and emotional description.