Shloka 30
Matsya Purana — Śiva–Pārvatī Quarrel and Pārvatī’s Resolve for Austerity to Attain Gaurī-hood
कृष्णेत्युक्त्वा हरेणाहं निन्दिता चाप्यनिन्दिता सार्हं तपः करिष्यामि येन गौरीत्वमाप्नुयाम् //
kṛṣṇetyuktvā hareṇāhaṃ ninditā cāpyaninditā sārhaṃ tapaḥ kariṣyāmi yena gaurītvamāpnuyām //
“Having been addressed as ‘Kṛṣṇā’ by Hari, I was reproached, and yet I was not truly blameworthy. Therefore, with due observances, I shall undertake austerity, by which I may attain the state of Gaurī—fair and auspicious radiance.”
FAQs
This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it focuses on tapas (austerity) as a means of personal transformation—attaining “Gaurī-hood,” i.e., auspicious radiance.
It models a dharmic response to social censure: instead of reacting with anger, one adopts disciplined observance and self-purification (tapas), a principle applicable to rulers and householders for maintaining inner steadiness and public virtue.
No Vāstu or temple-architecture rule is stated directly; the ritual takeaway is the primacy of tapas and vrata-like observance as a sanctioned Purāṇic method for attaining auspicious qualities (śrī/gaurī-bhāva).