Shloka 27

Matsya Purana — Rasakalyāṇinī Vrata: Magha-based Goddess Worship

Devanagari script

नवार्बुदसहस्रं तु न दुःखी जायते नरः सुवर्णकमलं गौरि मासि मासि ददन्नरः अग्निष्टोमसहस्रस्य यत्फलं तदवाप्नुयात् //

Transliteration

navārbudasahasraṃ tu na duḥkhī jāyate naraḥ suvarṇakamalaṃ gauri māsi māsi dadannaraḥ agniṣṭomasahasrasya yatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt //

Translation

O Gaurī, a man who gives a golden lotus month after month is not born into suffering for nine thousand crores (of years); he attains the very merit obtained from performing a thousand Agniṣṭoma sacrifices.

Word by Word

• nava: nine

• arbuda: a crore (ten million)

• sahasram: a thousand

• tu: indeed

• na: not

• duḥkhī: afflicted by sorrow/suffering

• jāyate: is born/becomes

• naraḥ: a man

• suvarṇa: gold

• kamalam: lotus

• gauri: O Gaurī (Pārvatī)

• māsi māsi: month after month

• dadan: giving

• agniṣṭoma: the Agniṣṭoma Soma-sacrifice

• sahasrasya: of a thousand

• yat-phalam: whatever fruit/merit

• tat: that

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain/attain

Speaker

• Sūta (narrating Purāṇic teaching on dāna; verse addresses Gaurī as a devotional vocative within the teaching)

Entities Mentioned

• Gaurī
• Agniṣṭoma

Tags

• Dāna
• Punya
• Vrata
• Ritual
• Agniṣṭoma

FAQs

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

This verse does not address pralaya or cosmology; it focuses on dāna (charitable giving) and the resulting puṇya (religious merit) and freedom from suffering.

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

It promotes a householder’s dharma of regular charity: sustained, periodic giving (monthly) is praised as a practical path to merit comparable to major Vedic sacrifices, making high ritual ideals accessible through dāna.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The ritual point is merit-equivalence: gifting a suvarṇa-kamala (golden lotus) monthly is said to yield the fruit of a thousand Agniṣṭoma Soma-sacrifices, highlighting dāna as a potent ritual substitute or complement.