Shloka 21

Matsya Purana — Rasakalyāṇinī Vrata: Magha-based Goddess Worship

Devanagari script

कुमुदा माधवी गौरी रम्भा भद्रा जया शिवा उमा रतिः सती तद्वन् मङ्गला रतिलालसा //

Transliteration

kumudā mādhavī gaurī rambhā bhadrā jayā śivā umā ratiḥ satī tadvan maṅgalā ratilālasā //

Translation

She is Kumudā, Mādhavī, Gaurī, Rambhā, Bhadrā, Jayā, Śivā, Umā, Rati, and Satī; likewise she is Maṅgalā—she who delights in love (Ratī-lālasā).

Word by Word

• कुमुदा (kumudā): lotus-like / giver of joy

• माधवी (mādhavī): spring-creeper / vernal, associated with Mādhava

• गौरी (gaurī): the fair, radiant Goddess

• रम्भा (rambhā): Rambhā (name of celestial beauty

• भद्रा (bhadrā): auspicious, благоприятная

• जया (jayā): victory, the victorious one

• शिवा (śivā): benevolent, gracious

• उमा (umā): Umā (Pārvatī)

• रतिः (ratiḥ): Rati (love, desire

• सती (satī): Satī (the virtuous one

• तद्वन् (tadvān): likewise / in the same manner

• मङ्गला (maṅgalā): auspiciousness, bringer of good fortune

• रतिलालसा (ratilālasā): eager for love / delighting in amorous play

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (in the Matsya–Manu dialogue context; the verse functions as a recitation of Devī’s epithets)

Entities Mentioned

• Devi
• Gauri
• Uma
• Sati
• Rati
• Rambha

Tags

• Devi-Namas
• Stotra
• Shakti
• Auspiciousness
• Puranic Epithets

FAQs

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

This verse does not describe pralaya directly; it functions as a devotional catalog of Devī’s auspicious names, emphasizing her benevolent and victory-giving aspects rather than cosmological dissolution.

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

By prescribing remembrance/recitation of auspicious divine epithets, it supports the householder and ruler’s dharma of maintaining maṅgala (public and domestic auspiciousness), moral steadiness, and protective devotion—qualities expected in governance and household rites.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

Architectural rules are not stated here; the ritual takeaway is nāma-saṅkīrtana—reciting Devī’s names as an auspicious act (maṅgala-kriyā) within Purāṇic worship and stotra practice.