Shloka 37
Matsya Purana — The Advent of Narasiṃha and Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Weapon-Assault
तैर्हन्यमानो ऽपि महास्त्रजालैर् महाबलैर् दैत्यगणैः समेतैः / नाकम्पताजौ भगवान्प्रतापस्थितः प्रकृत्या हिमवानिवाचलः //
tairhanyamāno 'pi mahāstrajālair mahābalair daityagaṇaiḥ sametaiḥ / nākampatājau bhagavānpratāpasthitaḥ prakṛtyā himavānivācalaḥ //
Though struck by volleys of mighty, interlaced weapons hurled together by hosts of powerful Daityas, the Blessed Lord did not tremble on the battlefield; established in His own splendor by His very nature, He stood unmoving—like the Himālaya, steadfast and unshaken.
FAQs
It does not describe Pralaya directly; instead, it highlights the Lord’s unshakable, unconditioned stability—an attribute that later Puranic theology also associates with the power that preserves order through cosmic upheavals.
By portraying the Lord as unwavering under attack, the verse models kṣātra-dharma: a king should remain steady, courageous, and composed amid adversity, protecting order without panic or collapse of resolve.
No direct Vāstu or ritual rule is stated; the key takeaway is symbolic—“Himavān-like immovability,” a common Purāṇic ideal of stability that later devotional and temple literature uses to praise the deity’s fixed presence (acalatva) in consecrated images.