Shloka 18
Matsya Purana — Questions on Padmanabha’s Lotus-Creation in the Padma Mahakalpa; Prelude to N...
तत्ते ऽहं कथयिष्यामि यथाशक्ति यथाश्रुति यद्विज्ञातुं मया शक्यम् ऋषिमात्रेण सत्तमाः //
tatte 'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāśakti yathāśruti yadvijñātuṃ mayā śakyam ṛṣimātreṇa sattamāḥ //
That I shall explain to you—according to my capacity and in keeping with what has been heard in tradition—whatever can be understood by me, though I am but a mere sage. O best of the good!
FAQs
It does not describe Pralaya directly; it establishes the narrator’s method—he will teach only what he can reliably convey from received tradition.
It frames dharma-guidance as tradition-based instruction: ethical and practical duties are to be learned and applied in line with authoritative transmission (śruti/received teaching) and one’s capacity.
No specific Vāstu or ritual rule appears here; the verse functions as a preface that subsequent technical prescriptions (ritual/temple-building) will be presented as faithfully as possible from established tradition.