Shloka 13

Matsya Purana — Tārakāsura’s Austerity and Boon; Mobilization for War; Bṛhaspati’s Fourfold P...

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्निर्मांसतां याते तपोराशित्वमागते जज्वलुः सर्वभूतानि तेजसा तस्य सर्वतः //

Transliteration

tasminnirmāṃsatāṃ yāte taporāśitvamāgate jajvaluḥ sarvabhūtāni tejasā tasya sarvataḥ //

Translation

When he had become utterly fleshless and had entered a state that was nothing but concentrated austerity, all beings on every side blazed forth under the force of his radiance.

Word by Word

• tasmin: in him/when that (state) occurred

• nirmāṃsatām: fleshlessness, being without flesh

• yāte: having gone (into), having reached

• tapo-rāśitvam: becoming a mass/heap of tapas (a concentrated embodiment of austerity)

• āgate: having come about, having arisen

• jajvaluḥ: blazed, shone intensely

• sarva-bhūtāni: all beings/creatures

• tejasā: by (his) fiery energy, radiance, spiritual power

• tasya: of him

• sarvataḥ: on all sides, everywhere.

Speaker

• Lord Matsya (in the Matsya–Manu dialogue, describing the effects of extreme tapas)

Entities Mentioned

• Lord Matsya
• Vaivasvata Manu
• sarvabhūta (all beings)

Tags

• Tapas
• Tejas
• Asceticism
• Puranic narrative
• Spiritual power

FAQs

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

This verse does not directly describe Pralaya; it illustrates how extreme tapas condenses into tejas (spiritual heat/radiance) so powerful that it affects all beings in every direction—an energy often invoked in Puranic cosmology as capable of shaking worlds.

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

It underscores the Purāṇic principle that disciplined self-restraint (tapas) produces tangible power (tejas). For kings and householders, it implies that authority and prosperity should be grounded in austerity, ethical restraint, and inner discipline rather than mere force.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No direct Vāstu or temple-construction rule appears here; ritually, it supports the idea that sustained tapas empowers yajña and other rites by generating tejas, the sanctifying potency that is believed to pervade and purify the surroundings.