Shloka 22
Matsya Purana — Rite of Donating the ‘Sugar Mountain’
*राजोवाच भगवन्केन धर्मेण मम लक्ष्मीरनुत्तमा कस्माच्च विपुलं तेजो मच्छरीरे सदोत्तमम् //
*rājovāca bhagavankena dharmeṇa mama lakṣmīranuttamā kasmācca vipulaṃ tejo maccharīre sadottamam //
The King said: “O Blessed Lord, by what form of dharma has my prosperity become unsurpassed? And from what cause has abundant, ever-excellent radiance arisen in my body, O best of beings?”
FAQs
This verse does not address pralaya directly; it focuses on karmic causality—how dharma results in Lakshmi (prosperity) and tejas (radiant power) for a ruler.
It frames kingship as merit-based: a king’s prosperity and authority are portrayed as outcomes of righteous conduct. The implied teaching is that governance, charity, protection of subjects, and adherence to dharma generate both material success (Lakshmi) and moral-spiritual majesty (tejas).
No explicit Vastu/temple-building rule is stated here; however, the verse provides the ethical premise often used in the Matsya Purana to justify ritual discipline and public works—outer splendor should rest on dharma as its cause.