Shloka 35

Matsya Purana — Rite of Donating the ‘Sugar Mountain’

Devanagari script

दुःस्वप्नं प्रशममुपैति पठ्यमानैः शैलेन्द्रैर्भवभयभेदनैर्मनुष्यैः यः कुर्यात्किमु मुनिपुंगवेह सम्यक् शान्तात्मा सकलगिरीन्द्रसम्प्रदानम् //

Transliteration

duḥsvapnaṃ praśamamupaiti paṭhyamānaiḥ śailendrairbhavabhayabhedanairmanuṣyaiḥ yaḥ kuryātkimu munipuṃgaveha samyak śāntātmā sakalagirīndrasampradānam //

Translation

When these “lords of mountains” (sacred verses) that shatter the fear of worldly existence are recited by people, evil dreams subside and come to rest. If this is so, O best of sages, what more need be said of one who, with a tranquil mind, duly performs the complete offering (sampradāna) of all the mountain-lords?

Word by Word

• दुःस्वप्नम्: evil dream

• प्रशमम्: pacification, calm

• उपैति: attains, comes to

• पठ्यमानैः: when being recited

• शैलेन्द्रैः: by the ‘mountain-lords’ (lit. kings of mountains

• भवभयभेदनैः: breaking the fear of saṃsāra (worldly becoming)

• मनुष्यैः: by humans

• यः: whoever

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform

• किमु: how much more (emphatic)

• मुनिपुंगव: O best of sages

• इह: here (in this context)

• सम्यक्: properly, duly

• शान्तात्मा: one of tranquil self/mind

• सकल: entire, all

• गिरिन्द्र: lord of mountains

• सम्प्रदानम्: complete bestowal/ritual offering/donation

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (in discourse to Vaivasvata Manu, addressing a sage as ‘munipuṅgava’ within the narration)

Entities Mentioned

• Lord Matsya
• Vaivasvata Manu
• munipuṅgava (best of sages)
• Girīndra (mountain-lord concept)

Tags

• Phalaśruti
• Mantra
• Dream-omens
• Protection
• Dāna

FAQs

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

It does not describe Pralaya directly; it emphasizes liberation-from-fear language (“bhava-bhaya-bhedana”), pointing to protection from saṃsāric dread rather than a cosmological dissolution episode.

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

It supports the householder/kingly ethic of maintaining auspiciousness and social-religious order through recitation and properly performed offerings (sampradāna/dāna), presented as spiritually protective and merit-producing.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

The ritual point is phalaśruti: recitation of a sacred set associated with “girīndras” and the superior merit of performing a complete, properly executed offering (sampradāna), framed as producing pacification (praśama) and protection.