Shloka 7

Matsya Purana — Saubhagya-Śayana Vow: Lalitā/Gaurī–Śiva Worship

Devanagari script

बलं तेजो महज्जातं दक्षस्य परमेष्ठिनः शेषं यदपतद्भूमाव् अष्टधा समजायत //

Transliteration

balaṃ tejo mahajjātaṃ dakṣasya parameṣṭhinaḥ śeṣaṃ yadapatadbhūmāv aṣṭadhā samajāyata //

Translation

The great might and splendor that arose from Dakṣa, the exalted Prajāpati—its remaining portion, when it fell upon the earth, became divided into eight parts.

Word by Word

• balam: strength, power

• tejaḥ: radiance, splendor, fiery energy

• mahat-jātam: greatly arisen, vast in origin

• dakṣasya: of Dakṣa

• parameṣṭhinaḥ: of the supreme/most exalted one (here, the eminent Prajāpati)

• śeṣam: the remainder, residual portion

• yat: which

• apatad: fell down

• bhūmau: on the earth

• aṣṭadhā: into eightfold parts

• samajāyata: came into being, was generated

Speaker

• Sūta (Purāṇic narrator) describing cosmological/genealogical matter in the Matsya Purana’s narrative frame

Entities Mentioned

• Dakṣa
• Parameṣṭhin (Prajāpati epithet)
• Bhūmi (Earth)

Tags

• Creation
• Cosmic Energies
• Dakṣa
• Eightfold Division
• Prajāpatis

FAQs

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

It presents a creation motif: a residual cosmic potency (bala–tejas) associated with Dakṣa descends to earth and manifests in an eightfold form, emphasizing emanation and differentiation rather than dissolution.

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

Indirectly, it frames “bala” (power) and “tejas” (splendor/authority) as structured, divisible forces—suggesting that worldly power should be regulated and apportioned, not treated as an undivided personal possession.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No explicit Vāstu or ritual rule is stated, but the idea of an “eightfold division” aligns with a common Purāṇic tendency to map powers and spaces into ordered partitions—an organizing principle later used in ritual and spatial schemata.