Shloka 28

Matsya Purana — Rasakalyāṇinī Vrata: Magha-based Goddess Worship

Devanagari script

नारी वा कुरुते या तु कुमारी वा वरानने विधवा या तथा नारी सापि तत्फलमाप्नुयात् सौभाग्यारोग्यसम्पन्ना गौरीलोके महीयते //

Transliteration

nārī vā kurute yā tu kumārī vā varānane vidhavā yā tathā nārī sāpi tatphalamāpnuyāt saubhāgyārogyasampannā gaurīloke mahīyate //

Translation

O fair-faced one, whether a woman performs it, or a maiden, or even a widow—such a woman too attains that same fruit. Endowed with good fortune and health, she is honored in the world (realm) of Gaurī.

Word by Word

• nārī: a woman

• vā: or

• kurute: performs (the observance/rite)

• yā: who

• tu: indeed

• kumārī: an unmarried maiden

• vā: or

• varānane: O one with a beautiful face (vocative)

• vidhavā: a widow

• yā: who

• tathā: likewise/even so

• nārī: woman

• sā api: she also

• tat-phalam: that fruit/result

• āpnuyāt: may attain/obtains

• saubhāgya: good fortune/auspicious marital luck

• ārogya: health/freedom from disease

• sampannā: endowed with/possessing

• gaurī-loke: in Gaurī’s world/realm

• mahīyate: is honored/glorified.

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (in instruction to Vaivasvata Manu; verse addresses the listener as 'varānane')

Entities Mentioned

• Gaurī

Tags

• Vrata
• Stri-dharma
• Phalaśruti
• Gaurī
• Punya

FAQs

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

Nothing directly—this verse is a phala-śruti for a Gaurī-related observance, focusing on merit, fortune, and health rather than cosmology or pralaya.

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

It frames dharma as accessible across social conditions: a householder tradition may support and facilitate such vratas, and rulers are implied to uphold a dharmic order where women—married, unmarried, or widowed—can perform recognized rites and receive their fruits.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The ritual takeaway is inclusivity of eligibility: the same vrata/rite yields the same result for a woman, a maiden, or a widow, culminating in saubhāgya and ārogya and honor in Gaurī’s realm; no Vāstu or temple-construction rule is specified in this verse.