Shloka 82

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

Devanagari script

चण्डकिंकरवृन्देन सर्वतः परिवारितः कल्पकालोद्धतज्वालापूरिताम्बरलोचनः //

Transliteration

caṇḍakiṃkaravṛndena sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ kalpakāloddhatajvālāpūritāmbaralocanaḥ //

Translation

Hemmed in on every side by a throng of fierce attendants, his eyes were like the very sky, filled with the raging flames that surge forth at the end of a kalpa.

Word by Word

• चण्ड (caṇḍa): fierce, terrible

• किंकर (kiṃkara): attendant, servant, minion

• वृन्द (vṛnda): multitude, host

• -ेन (-ena): by/with (instrumental)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ): on all sides, everywhere

• परिवारितः (parivāritaḥ): surrounded, encircled

• कल्प (kalpa): aeon, cosmic cycle

• काल (kāla): time (also Death/time-principle)

• उद्धत (uddhata): violent, raging, surged up

• ज्वाला (jvālā): flame

• पूरित (pūrita): filled, flooded

• अम्बर (ambara): sky, firmament

• लोचनः (locanaḥ): eye(s)

• अम्बरलोचनः (ambaralocanaḥ): sky-eyed / having eyes like the sky

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) describing a fearsome pralaya-associated figure within the Matsya Purana’s discourse

Entities Mentioned

• Kalpa
• Kāla
• Kiṃkaras (attendants)

Tags

• Pralaya
• Cosmic dissolution
• Apocalyptic imagery
• Kāla
• Fire

FAQs

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

It emphasizes pralaya as a cosmic-scale event marked by aeon-ending flames (kalpa-kāla-jvālā), portraying dissolution through overwhelming fire and terror-filled attendants.

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

Indirectly, it reinforces the Purāṇic ethic of impermanence: worldly power and possessions are fragile before Kāla, so kings and householders are urged elsewhere in the Matsya Purana to govern and live by dharma, charity, and restraint.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No direct Vāstu or temple-construction rule appears in this line; its primary function is ritual-cosmic imagery that can frame pralayānta (end-time) contemplations used in Purāṇic recitation and teaching contexts.